[Python-checkins] Remove all links to mingw.org (GH-24552)

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Thu Feb 18 14:43:59 EST 2021


https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743932d50815edbe4ffd530ae091c53ae47dd34b
commit: 743932d50815edbe4ffd530ae091c53ae47dd34b
branch: master
author: Jeremy Paige <ucodery at gmail.com>
committer: miss-islington <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2021-02-18T11:43:35-08:00
summary:

Remove all links to mingw.org (GH-24552)



This lease on this domain has lapsed. This not only makes these dead links, but a potential attack vector for readers of python.org as the domain can be obtained by an untrustworthy party.


I considered redirecting these links to http://mingw-w64.org/ which is a maintained fork of mingw, but beyond my unfamiliarity with the exact level of compatibility, at the time of this PR that site had an expired cert and so is not much of a vulnerability fix.

Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:Mariatta

files:
M Doc/install/index.rst
M Doc/using/windows.rst

diff --git a/Doc/install/index.rst b/Doc/install/index.rst
index b6b7085fb35aa..48c6e76a682a4 100644
--- a/Doc/install/index.rst
+++ b/Doc/install/index.rst
@@ -1071,8 +1071,7 @@ normal libraries do.
 .. [#] This also means you could replace all existing COFF-libraries with OMF-libraries
    of the same name.
 
-.. [#] Check https://www.sourceware.org/cygwin/ and http://www.mingw.org/ for more
-   information
+.. [#] Check https://www.sourceware.org/cygwin/ for more information
 
 .. [#] Then you have no POSIX emulation available, but you also don't need
    :file:`cygwin1.dll`.
diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst
index 0f713fcab4be8..3d638642f3008 100644
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst
@@ -1149,8 +1149,6 @@ For extension modules, consult :ref:`building-on-windows`.
       MinGW gcc under Windows" or "Installing Python extension with distutils
       and without Microsoft Visual C++" by Sébastien Sauvage, 2003
 
-   `MingW -- Python extensions <http://www.mingw.org/wiki/FAQ#toc14>`_
-
 
 Other Platforms
 ===============



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