Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: Documentation/process

From: Miguel Ojeda
Date: Mon Jun 22 2020 - 16:06:30 EST


On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 7:29 PM Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> scripts/get_maintainer.pl --self-test=links has a reachability test
> using wget.
>
> Perhaps a script like that could be used for http:// vs https://

+1

Not sure about `--no-check-certificate` if the goal is to move to
"proper HTTPS". Perhaps we can try first without it and if that fails,
print a warning and try with `--no-check-certificate` etc.

Cheers,
Miguel