Fix broken links found by "make linkcheck". scipy.org seems to be done right…

Fix broken links found by "make linkcheck".  scipy.org seems to be done right now, so I could not verify links going there.

Doc/faq/design.rst

@@ -396,12 +396,13 @@ calls into the Python run-time system, even for seemingly simple operations like
 ``x+1``.
 
 Several projects described in the Python newsgroup or at past `Python
-conferences <http://python.org/community/workshops/>`_ have shown that this approach is feasible,
-although the speedups reached so far are only modest (e.g. 2x).  Jython uses the
-same strategy for compiling to Java bytecode.  (Jim Hugunin has demonstrated
-that in combination with whole-program analysis, speedups of 1000x are feasible
-for small demo programs.  See the proceedings from the `1997 Python conference
-<http://python.org/community/workshops/1997-10/proceedings/>`_ for more information.)
+conferences <http://python.org/community/workshops/>`_ have shown that this
+approach is feasible, although the speedups reached so far are only modest
+(e.g. 2x).  Jython uses the same strategy for compiling to Java bytecode.  (Jim
+Hugunin has demonstrated that in combination with whole-program analysis,
+speedups of 1000x are feasible for small demo programs.  See the proceedings
+from the `1997 Python conference
+<http://python.org/workshops/1997-10/proceedings/>`_ for more information.)
 
 Internally, Python source code is always translated into a bytecode
 representation, and this bytecode is then executed by the Python virtual

Doc/faq/extending.rst

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Python's C API.
 If you need to interface to some C or C++ library for which no Python extension
 currently exists, you can try wrapping the library's data types and functions
 with a tool such as `SWIG <http://www.swig.org>`_.  `SIP
-<http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/sip/>`_, `CXX
+<http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/sip/>`_, `CXX
 <http://cxx.sourceforge.net/>`_ `Boost
 <http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/index.html>`_, or `Weave
 <http://www.scipy.org/site_content/weave>`_ are also alternatives for wrapping

Doc/faq/general.rst

@@ -164,9 +164,10 @@ Sphinx-formatted documentation, Python library modules, example programs, and
 several useful pieces of freely distributable software.  The source will compile
 and run out of the box on most UNIX platforms.
 
-Consult the `Developer FAQ
-<http://www.python.org/dev/devfaq.html#subversion-svn>`__ for more information
-on getting the source code and compiling it.
+.. XXX update link once the dev faq is relocated
+
+Consult the `Developer FAQ <http://www.python.org/dev/faq/>`__ for more
+information on getting the source code and compiling it.
 
 
 How do I get documentation on Python?
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ How do I get documentation on Python?
 
 The standard documentation for the current stable version of Python is available
 at http://docs.python.org/.  PDF, plain text, and downloadable HTML versions are
-also available at http://docs.python.org/download/.
+also available at http://docs.python.org/download.html.
 
 The documentation is written in reStructuredText and processed by `the Sphinx
 documentation tool <http://sphinx.pocoo.org/>`__.  The reStructuredText source
@@ -220,8 +221,10 @@ releases are announced on the comp.lang.python and comp.lang.python.announce
 newsgroups and on the Python home page at http://www.python.org/; an RSS feed of
 news is available.
 
+.. XXX update link once the dev faq is relocated
+
 You can also access the development version of Python through Subversion.  See
-http://www.python.org/dev/devfaq.html#subversion-svn for details.
+http://www.python.org/dev/faq/ for details.
 
 
 How do I submit bug reports and patches for Python?

Doc/faq/gui.rst

@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ Qt
 '''
 
 There are bindings available for the Qt toolkit (`PyQt
-<http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/>`_) and for KDE (PyKDE).  If you're
-writing open source software, you don't need to pay for PyQt, but if you want to
-write proprietary applications, you must buy a PyQt license from `Riverbank
-Computing <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk>`_ and a Qt license from
-`Trolltech <http://www.trolltech.com>`_.
+<http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/>`_) and for KDE (PyKDE).  If
+you're writing open source software, you don't need to pay for PyQt, but if you
+want to write proprietary applications, you must buy a PyQt license from
+`Riverbank Computing <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk>`_ and (up to Qt 4.4;
+Qt 4.5 upwards is licensed under the LGPL license) a Qt license from `Trolltech
+<http://www.trolltech.com>`_.
 
 Gtk+
 ''''

Doc/faq/library.rst

@@ -16,14 +16,10 @@ Check :ref:`the Library Reference <library-index>` to see if there's a relevant
 standard library module.  (Eventually you'll learn what's in the standard
 library and will able to skip this step.)
 
-Search the `Python Package Index <http://pypi.python.org/pypi>`_.
-
-Next, check the `Vaults of Parnassus <http://www.vex.net/parnassus/>`_, an older
-index of packages.
-
-Finally, try `Google <http://www.google.com>`_ or other Web search engine.
-Searching for "Python" plus a keyword or two for your topic of interest will
-usually find something helpful.
+For third-party packages, search the `Python Package Index
+<http://pypi.python.org/pypi>`_ or try `Google <http://www.google.com>`_ or
+another Web search engine.  Searching for "Python" plus a keyword or two for
+your topic of interest will usually find something helpful.
 
 
 Where is the math.py (socket.py, regex.py, etc.) source file?
@@ -181,11 +177,10 @@ in Python.
 How do I create documentation from doc strings?
 -----------------------------------------------
 
-.. XXX mention Sphinx/epydoc
-
 The :mod:`pydoc` module can create HTML from the doc strings in your Python
-source code.  An alternative is `pythondoc
-<http://starship.python.net/crew/danilo/pythondoc/>`_.
+source code.  An alternative for creating API documentation purely from
+docstrings is `epydoc <http://epydoc.sf.net/>`_.  `Sphinx
+<http://sphinx.pocoo.org>`_ can also include docstring content.
 
 
 How do I get a single keypress at a time?
@@ -239,7 +234,7 @@ The :mod:`threading` module builds convenient abstractions on top of the
 low-level primitives provided by the :mod:`thread` module.
 
 Aahz has a set of slides from his threading tutorial that are helpful; see
-http://starship.python.net/crew/aahz/OSCON2001/.
+http://www.pythoncraft.com/OSCON2001/.
 
 
 None of my threads seem to run: why?
@@ -399,6 +394,7 @@ Can't we get rid of the Global Interpreter Lock?
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 .. XXX mention multiprocessing
+.. XXX link to dbeazley's talk about GIL?
 
 The Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) is often seen as a hindrance to Python's
 deployment on high-end multiprocessor server machines, because a multi-threaded
@@ -585,7 +581,7 @@ substituted for standard input and output.  You will have to use pseudo ttys
 ("ptys") instead of pipes. Or you can use a Python interface to Don Libes'
 "expect" library.  A Python extension that interfaces to expect is called "expy"
 and available from http://expectpy.sourceforge.net.  A pure Python solution that
-works like expect is ` pexpect <http://pexpect.sourceforge.net>`_.
+works like expect is `pexpect <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pexpect/>`_.
 
 
 How do I access the serial (RS232) port?

Doc/faq/programming.rst

@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ plug-ins to add a custom feature.  In addition to the bug checking that
 PyChecker performs, Pylint offers some additional features such as checking line
 length, whether variable names are well-formed according to your coding
 standard, whether declared interfaces are fully implemented, and more.
-http://www.logilab.org/projects/pylint/documentation provides a full list of
-Pylint's features.
+http://www.logilab.org/card/pylint_manual provides a full list of Pylint's
+features.
 
 
 How can I create a stand-alone binary from a Python script?
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ use a list comprehension::
    A = [[None] * w for i in range(h)]
 
 Or, you can use an extension that provides a matrix datatype; `Numeric Python
-<http://www.pfdubois.com/numpy/>`_ is the best known.
+<http://numpy.scipy.org/>`_ is the best known.
 
 
 How do I apply a method to a sequence of objects?

Doc/faq/windows.rst

@@ -389,10 +389,10 @@ need)::
     .py :REG_SZ: c:\<path to python>\python.exe -u %s %s
 
 This line will allow you to call your script with a simple reference like:
-http://yourserver/scripts/yourscript.py provided "scripts" is an "executable"
-directory for your server (which it usually is by default).  The "-u" flag
-specifies unbuffered and binary mode for stdin - needed when working with binary
-data.
+``http://yourserver/scripts/yourscript.py`` provided "scripts" is an
+"executable" directory for your server (which it usually is by default).  The
+:option:`-u` flag specifies unbuffered and binary mode for stdin - needed when
+working with binary data.
 
 In addition, it is recommended that using ".py" may not be a good idea for the
 file extensions when used in this context (you might want to reserve ``*.py``
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ Why doesn't os.popen()/win32pipe.popen() work on Win9x?
 There is a bug in Win9x that prevents os.popen/win32pipe.popen* from
 working. The good news is there is a way to work around this problem.  The
 Microsoft Knowledge Base article that you need to lookup is: Q150956. You will
-find links to the knowledge base at: http://www.microsoft.com/kb.
+find links to the knowledge base at: http://support.microsoft.com/.
 
 
 PyRun_SimpleFile() crashes on Windows but not on Unix; why?
@@ -604,4 +604,4 @@ Tim Peters:
    we can't fix it).
 
 David A Burton has written a little program to fix this.  Go to
-http://www.burtonsys.com/download.html and click on "ctl3dfix.zip".
+http://www.burtonsys.com/downloads.html and click on "ctl3dfix.zip".

Doc/howto/unicode.rst

@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ These are grouped into categories such as "Letter", "Number", "Punctuation", or
 from the above output, ``'Ll'`` means 'Letter, lowercase', ``'No'`` means
 "Number, other", ``'Mn'`` is "Mark, nonspacing", and ``'So'`` is "Symbol,
 other".  See
-<http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/UCD.html#General_Category_Values> for a
+<http://unicode.org/Public/5.1.0/ucd/UCD.html#General_Category_Values> for a
 list of category codes.
 
 References

Doc/howto/webservers.rst

@@ -270,8 +270,7 @@ Depending on the web server you need to have a special module.
 * lighttpd ships its own `FastCGI module
   <http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/Docs%3AModFastCGI>`_ as well as an `SCGI
   module <http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/Docs%3AModSCGI>`_.
-* nginx also supports `FastCGI
-  <http://wiki.codemongers.com/NginxSimplePythonFCGI>`_.
+* nginx also supports `FastCGI <http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxSimplePythonFCGI>`_.
 
 Once you have installed and configured the module, you can test it with the
 following WSGI-application::
@@ -524,7 +523,7 @@ the text of a wiki page.  As always, there are different ways to store
 informations on a web server.
 
 Often relational database engines like `MySQL <http://www.mysql.com/>`_ or
-`PostgreSQL <http://http://www.postgresql.org/>`_ are used due to their good
+`PostgreSQL <http://www.postgresql.org/>`_ are used due to their good
 performance handling very large databases consisting of up to millions of
 entries.  These are *queried* using a language called `SQL
 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL>`_.  Python programmers in general do not like
@@ -628,7 +627,7 @@ which make it possible to write web sites nearly without any Python code.
 It has a big, international community which has created many sites using Django.
 There are also quite a lot of add-on projects which extend Django's normal
 functionality.  This is partly due to Django's well written `online
-documentation <http://doc.djangoproject.com/>`_ and the `Django book
+documentation <http://docs.djangoproject.com/>`_ and the `Django book
 <http://www.djangobook.com/>`_.
 
 

Doc/install/index.rst

@@ -940,7 +940,8 @@ following steps.
 These compilers require some special libraries. This task is more complex than
 for Borland's C++, because there is no program to convert the library.  First
 you have to create a list of symbols which the Python DLL exports. (You can find
-a good program for this task at http://www.emmestech.com/software/cygwin/pexports-0.43/download_pexports.html)
+a good program for this task at
+http://www.emmestech.com/software/pexports-0.43/download_pexports.html).
 
 .. I don't understand what the next line means. --amk
 .. (inclusive the references on data structures.)

Doc/library/mailbox.rst

@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF.
    `nmh - Message Handling System <http://www.nongnu.org/nmh/>`_
       Home page of :program:`nmh`, an updated version of the original :program:`mh`.
 
-   `MH & nmh: Email for Users & Programmers <http://www.ics.uci.edu/~mh/book/>`_
+   `MH & nmh: Email for Users & Programmers <http://rand-mh.sourceforge.net/book/>`_
       A GPL-licensed book on :program:`mh` and :program:`nmh`, with some information
       on the mailbox format.
 

Doc/library/msilib.rst

@@ -396,10 +396,10 @@ Directory Objects
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   `Directory Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/directory_table.asp>`_
-   `File Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/file_table.asp>`_
-   `Component Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/component_table.asp>`_
-   `FeatureComponents Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/featurecomponents_table.asp>`_
+   `Directory Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/directory_table.asp>`_
+   `File Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/file_table.asp>`_
+   `Component Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/component_table.asp>`_
+   `FeatureComponents Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/featurecomponents_table.asp>`_
 
 .. _features:
 
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ Features
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   `Feature Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/feature_table.asp>`_
+   `Feature Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/feature_table.asp>`_
 
 .. _msi-gui:
 
@@ -518,13 +518,13 @@ to create MSI files with a user-interface for installing Python packages.
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   `Dialog Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/dialog_table.asp>`_
-   `Control Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/control_table.asp>`_
-   `Control Types <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/controls.asp>`_
-   `ControlCondition Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/controlcondition_table.asp>`_
-   `ControlEvent Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/controlevent_table.asp>`_
-   `EventMapping Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/eventmapping_table.asp>`_
-   `RadioButton Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/radiobutton_table.asp>`_
+   `Dialog Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/dialog_table.asp>`_
+   `Control Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/control_table.asp>`_
+   `Control Types <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/controls.asp>`_
+   `ControlCondition Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/controlcondition_table.asp>`_
+   `ControlEvent Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/controlevent_table.asp>`_
+   `EventMapping Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/eventmapping_table.asp>`_
+   `RadioButton Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/radiobutton_table.asp>`_
 
 .. _msi-tables:
 
@@ -553,5 +553,3 @@ definitions. Currently, these definitions are based on MSI version 2.0.
 
    This module contains definitions for the UIText and ActionText tables, for the
    standard installer actions.
-
-

Doc/library/othergui.rst

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ also available for Python:
       `PythonCAD <http://www.pythoncad.org/>`_. An online `tutorial
       <http://www.pygtk.org/pygtk2tutorial/index.html>`_ is available.
 
-   `PyQt <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/index.php>`_
+   `PyQt <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/>`_
       PyQt is a :program:`sip`\ -wrapped binding to the Qt toolkit.  Qt is an
       extensive C++ GUI application development framework that is
       available for Unix, Windows and Mac OS X. :program:`sip` is a tool

Doc/using/windows.rst

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ key features:
 `ActivePython <http://www.activestate.com/Products/activepython/>`_
     Installer with multi-platform compatibility, documentation, PyWin32
 
-`Python Enthought Edition <http://code.enthought.com/enthon/>`_
+`Enthought Python Distribution <http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php>`_
     Popular modules (such as PyWin32) with their respective documentation, tool
     suite for building extensible python applications
 
@@ -223,8 +223,7 @@ utilities for:
 * Win32 API calls
 * Registry
 * Event log
-* `Microsoft Foundation Classes <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/
-  en-us/vclib/html/_mfc_Class_Library_Reference_Introduction.asp>`_ (MFC)
+* `Microsoft Foundation Classes <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fe1cf721%28VS.80%29.aspx>`_ (MFC)
   user interfaces
 
 `PythonWin <http://web.archive.org/web/20060524042422/
@@ -301,7 +300,7 @@ 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/MinGWiki/index.php/Python%20extensions>`_
+   `MingW -- Python extensions <http://oldwiki.mingw.org/index.php/Python%20extensions>`_
       by Trent Apted et al, 2007
 
 

Doc/whatsnew/2.0.rst

@@ -572,8 +572,7 @@ Work has been done on porting Python to 64-bit Windows on the Itanium processor,
 mostly by Trent Mick of ActiveState.  (Confusingly, ``sys.platform`` is still
 ``'win32'`` on Win64 because it seems that for ease of porting, MS Visual C++
 treats code as 32 bit on Itanium.) PythonWin also supports Windows CE; see the
-Python CE page at http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/ce/ for more
-information.
+Python CE page at http://pythonce.sourceforge.net/ for more information.
 
 Another new platform is Darwin/MacOS X; initial support for it is in Python 2.0.
 Dynamic loading works, if you specify "configure --with-dyld --with-suffix=.x".
@@ -1041,8 +1040,8 @@ sent over a socket.  When compiling Python, you can edit :file:`Modules/Setup`
 to include SSL support, which adds an additional function to the :mod:`socket`
 module: :func:`socket.ssl(socket, keyfile, certfile)`, which takes a socket
 object and returns an SSL socket.  The :mod:`httplib` and :mod:`urllib` modules
-were also changed to support "https://" URLs, though no one has implemented FTP
-or SMTP over SSL.
+were also changed to support ``https://`` URLs, though no one has implemented
+FTP or SMTP over SSL.
 
 The :mod:`httplib` module has been rewritten by Greg Stein to support HTTP/1.1.
 Backward compatibility with the 1.5 version of :mod:`httplib` is provided,

Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ understand the complete implementation and design rationale for a change, refer
 to the PEP for a particular new feature.
 
 
-.. seealso::
+.. seealso (now defunct)
 
    http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1356/urm0109h/0109h.htm
       "What's So Special About Python 2.2?" is also about the new 2.2 features, and
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ amazing new capabilities. Before beginning this, the longest and most
 complicated section of this article, I'll provide an overview of the changes and
 offer some comments.
 
-A long time ago I wrote a Web page (http://www.amk.ca/python/writing/warts.html)
-listing flaws in Python's design.  One of the most significant flaws was that
-it's impossible to subclass Python types implemented in C.  In particular, it's
-not possible to subclass built-in types, so you can't just subclass, say, lists
-in order to add a single useful method to them. The :mod:`UserList` module
-provides a class that supports all of the methods of lists and that can be
-subclassed further, but there's lots of C code that expects a regular Python
-list and won't accept a :class:`UserList` instance.
+A long time ago I wrote a Web page listing flaws in Python's design.  One of the
+most significant flaws was that it's impossible to subclass Python types
+implemented in C.  In particular, it's not possible to subclass built-in types,
+so you can't just subclass, say, lists in order to add a single useful method to
+them. The :mod:`UserList` module provides a class that supports all of the
+methods of lists and that can be subclassed further, but there's lots of C code
+that expects a regular Python list and won't accept a :class:`UserList`
+instance.
 
 Python 2.2 fixes this, and in the process adds some exciting new capabilities.
 A brief summary:

Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst

@@ -1855,10 +1855,10 @@ and bundle it with the source of your extension.
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/python/python/dist/src/Objects/obmalloc.c
-      For the full details of the pymalloc implementation, see the comments at the top
-      of the file :file:`Objects/obmalloc.c` in the Python source code.  The above
-      link points to the file within the SourceForge CVS browser.
+   http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Objects/obmalloc.c
+      For the full details of the pymalloc implementation, see the comments at
+      the top of the file :file:`Objects/obmalloc.c` in the Python source code.
+      The above link points to the file within the python.org SVN browser.
 
 .. ======================================================================
 

Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst

@@ -680,9 +680,6 @@ includes a quick-start tutorial and a reference.
       Written by Facundo Batista and implemented by Facundo Batista, Eric Price,
       Raymond Hettinger, Aahz, and Tim Peters.
 
-   http://research.microsoft.com/~hollasch/cgindex/coding/ieeefloat.html
-      A more detailed overview of the IEEE-754 representation.
-
    http://www.lahey.com/float.htm
       The article uses Fortran code to illustrate many of the problems that floating-
       point inaccuracy can cause.
@@ -756,7 +753,7 @@ API that perform ASCII-only conversions, ignoring the locale setting:
   :ctype:`double` to an ASCII string.
 
 The code for these functions came from the GLib library
-(http://developer.gnome.org/arch/gtk/glib.html), whose developers kindly
+(http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/stable/), whose developers kindly
 relicensed the relevant functions and donated them to the Python Software
 Foundation.  The :mod:`locale` module  can now change the numeric locale,
 letting extensions such as GTK+  produce the correct results.

Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst

@@ -1824,7 +1824,7 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
 
   The :mod:`bsddb.dbshelve` module now uses the highest pickling protocol
   available, instead of restricting itself to protocol 1.
-  (Contributed by W. Barnes; :issue:`1551443`.)
+  (Contributed by W. Barnes.)
 
 * The :mod:`cgi` module will now read variables from the query string
   of an HTTP POST request.  This makes it possible to use form actions
@@ -2977,7 +2977,7 @@ Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include:
 * The BerkeleyDB module now has a C API object, available as
   ``bsddb.db.api``.   This object can be used by other C extensions
   that wish to use the :mod:`bsddb` module for their own purposes.
-  (Contributed by Duncan Grisby; :issue:`1551895`.)
+  (Contributed by Duncan Grisby.)
 
 * The new buffer interface, previously described in
   `the PEP 3118 section <#pep-3118-revised-buffer-protocol>`__,