René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Broken links in the documentation","articleBody":"**Bug report**\r\n\r\nPython documentation in `Doc/` has 54 broken hyperlinks most of which lead to external resources. An utility from gh-93856 gives the following list:\r\n\r\n```plain\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\download.html\r\n  broken https://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/3.12.0a0/python-3.12.0a0-docs-html.zip link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken https://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/3.12.0a0/python-3.12.0a0-docs-text.tar.bz2 link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken https://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/3.12.0a0/python-3.12.0a0-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2 link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken https://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/3.12.0a0/python-3.12.0a0-docs-pdf-a4.zip link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken https://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/3.12.0a0/python-3.12.0a0-docs-html.tar.bz2 link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken https://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/3.12.0a0/python-3.12.0a0-docs.epub link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken https://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/3.12.0a0/python-3.12.0a0-docs-text.zip link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken https://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/3.12.0a0/python-3.12.0a0-docs-pdf-letter.tar.bz2 link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken https://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/3.12.0a0/python-3.12.0a0-docs-pdf-letter.zip link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\license.html\r\n  broken http://www.netlib.org/fp/ link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\distutils\\apiref.html\r\n  broken https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html#new-and-changed-setup-keywords link; check if #new-and-changed-setup-keywords exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\faq\\library.html\r\n  broken http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.python/web_python link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\faq\\programming.html\r\n  broken https://www.pylint.org/ link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\howto\\urllib2.html\r\n  broken http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/urllib2_francais.shtml link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/authentication.shtml link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\installing\\index.html\r\n  broken https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/#install-pip-setuptools-and-wheel link; check if #install-pip-setuptools-and-wheel exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\audit_events.html\r\n  broken sqlite3.html#sqlite3.load_extension link; check if #sqlite3.load_extension exists\r\n  broken sqlite3.html#sqlite3.enable_load_extension link; check if #sqlite3.enable_load_extension exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\datetime.html\r\n  broken https://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/calendar/isocalendar.htm link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\hashlib.html\r\n  broken http://www.skein-hash.info/sites/default/files/skein1.3.pdf link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\html.entities.html\r\n  broken https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/syntax.html#named-character-references link; check if #named-character-references exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\importlib.metadata.html\r\n  broken https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html#dynamic-discovery-of-services-and-plugins link; check if #dynamic-discovery-of-services-and-plugins exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\importlib.resources.html\r\n  broken https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/main/Lib/importlib/resources.py link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\math.html\r\n  broken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution#Cumulative_distribution_function link; check if #Cumulative_distribution_function exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\os.html\r\n  broken https://manpages.debian.org/times(3) link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\pathlib.html\r\n  broken xbd_path_resolution link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\signal.html\r\n  broken https://manpages.debian.org/sigprocmask(3) link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\ssl.html\r\n  broken https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man1/ciphers.html#CIPHER-LIST-FORMAT link; check if #CIPHER-LIST-FORMAT exists\r\n  broken https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.1/ssl/SSL_CTX_sess_number.html link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\statistics.html\r\n  broken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naive_Bayes_classifier#Sex_classification link; check if #Sex_classification exists\r\n  broken https://www.statisticshowto.datasciencecentral.com/inverse-distribution-function/ link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\struct.html\r\n  broken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_floating_point#IEEE_754-2008 link; check if #IEEE_754-2008 exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\unittest.html\r\n  broken http://lists.idyll.org/listinfo/testing-in-python link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\unittest.mock.html\r\n  broken http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2010_12_04.shtml#e1198 link; check if #e1198 exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\library\\venv.html\r\n  broken https://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/3.6.html#deprecated-features link; check if #deprecated-features exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\using\\unix.html\r\n  broken https://devguide.python.org/setup/#getting-the-source-code link; check if #getting-the-source-code exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\using\\windows.html\r\n  broken https://www.enthought.com/product/canopy/ link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken https://devguide.python.org/setup/#getting-the-source-code link; check if #getting-the-source-code exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\whatsnew\\2.1.html\r\n  broken http://www.vex.net/parnassus/ link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\whatsnew\\2.5.html\r\n  broken http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/ link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken http://www.wsgi.org link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken http://www.sidhe.org/~dan/blog/archives/000178.html link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\whatsnew\\2.6.html\r\n  broken http://svn.python.org/view/tracker/importer/ link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\whatsnew\\2.7.html\r\n  broken https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man1/ciphers.html#CIPHER-LIST-FORMAT link; check if #CIPHER-LIST-FORMAT exists\r\n  broken http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/unittest2.shtml link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken https://web.archive.org/web/20200703234532/http://effbot.org/zone/elementtree-13-intro.htm link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\whatsnew\\3.2.html\r\n  broken https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man1/ciphers.html#CIPHER-LIST-FORMAT link; check if #CIPHER-LIST-FORMAT exists\r\n  broken https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/main/Mac/BuildScript/README.txt link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/main/Misc/NEWS link; check if the file exists\r\n  broken https://web.archive.org/web/20200703234532/http://effbot.org/zone/elementtree-13-intro.htm link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\whatsnew\\3.6.html\r\n  broken https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/main/Tools/scripts/h2py.py link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\whatsnew\\3.7.html\r\n  broken https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/main/.travis.yml link; check if the file exists\r\nbuild\\doc-html\\whatsnew\\3.8.html\r\n  broken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walrus#/media/File:Pacific_Walrus_-_Bull_(8247646168).jpg link; check if #/media/File:Pacific_Walrus_-_Bull_(8247646168).jpg exists\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Your environment**\r\n\r\n- Python versions tested on: Python 3.12.0a0; \r\n- Operating system and architecture: Windows 10 x64","author":{"url":"https://github.com/arhadthedev","@type":"Person","name":"arhadthedev"},"datePublished":"2022-06-15T11:20:36.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/93851/cpython/issues/93851"}