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

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ec2385e315fc6b28d92dfb4c97fefcbb1e7daa68
commit: ec2385e315fc6b28d92dfb4c97fefcbb1e7daa68
branch: 3.9
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: miss-islington <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2021-02-18T12:07:30-08:00
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
(cherry picked from commit 743932d50815edbe4ffd530ae091c53ae47dd34b)

Co-authored-by: Jeremy Paige <ucodery at gmail.com>

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

diff --git a/Doc/install/index.rst b/Doc/install/index.rst
index e6d5a3e6ebde6..ae0d0294ef777 100644
--- a/Doc/install/index.rst
+++ b/Doc/install/index.rst
@@ -1064,8 +1064,7 @@ 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 857308e77dd1b..4699e37509e6f 100644
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst
@@ -1155,8 +1155,6 @@ 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>`_
-
 
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