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SubjectRe: List of 404 URLs in kernel .c and .h files
Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:11:39PM +1030, David Newall wrote:
>
>> Joe Perches wrote:
>>
>>> Any suggestions on what if anything should be done
>>> to the sources with these dead links?
>>>
>> Unless you have a better reference, leave them. Even if they 404, they
>> still provide a good starting point to search.
>>
>
> Could they be turned in archive.org links (where possible)?

What's the point? Those links are there to refer you to something or
other. Changing links to somewhere which you know does not provide that
something doesn't help. It hinders. It adds an extra step to the
search process for people who want to find that something.


If you want to get rid of 404s, ask whoever owns those links for a
current link. If you get one, use that, otherwise leave the original
one alone. So I think.


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