Instead of use 'docs/*.md' in dep5. For clarity and avoiding a wide-
matching wildcard.
+ Remove mention of old files from .reuse/dep5
+ add info to .github/dependabot.yml
+ make scripts/copyright.pl warn on non-matching patterns
Closes#13245
This means words, phrases or things we have decided not to use - words that
are spelled right according to the dictionary but we want to avoid. In the
name of consistency and better documentation.
Closes#12764
in FAQ and MANUAL.md
- example.com was made for this purpose.
- reduces the risk that one of those domains suddenly start hosting
something nasty and we provide links to them
Closes#11986
- Replace `Github` with `GitHub`.
- Replace `windows` with `Windows`
- Replace `advice` with `advise` where a verb is used.
- A few fixes on removing repeated words.
- Replace `a HTTP` with `an HTTP`
Closes#9802
Warning: this will make existing curl command lines that use metalink to
stop working.
Reasons for removal:
1. We've found several security problems and issues involving the
metalink support in curl. The issues are not detailed here. When
working on those, it become apparent to the team that several of the
problems are due to the system design, metalink library API and what
the metalink RFC says. They are very hard to fix on the curl side
only.
2. The metalink usage with curl was only very briefly documented and was
not following the "normal" curl usage pattern in several ways, making
it surprising and non-intuitive which could lead to further security
issues.
3. The metalink library was last updated 6 years ago and wasn't so
active the years before that either. An unmaintained library means
there's a security problem waiting to happen. This is probably reason
enough.
4. Metalink requires an XML parsing library, which is complex code (even
the smaller alternatives) and to this day often gets security
updates.
5. Metalink is not a widely used curl feature. In the 2020 curl user
survey, only 1.4% of the responders said that they'd are using it. In
2021 that number was 1.2%. Searching the web also show very few
traces of it being used, even with other tools.
6. The torrent format and associated technology clearly won for
downloading large files from multiple sources in parallel.
Cloes #7176
In a url after <scheme>:// follows the possibly empty authority part
till the next /, so that url missed a /.
Closes#6573
Reviewed-by: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Whitespace is spelled without a space between white and space, so
make sure to consistently spell it that way across the codebase.
Closes#6023
Reviewed-by: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Reviewed-by: Emil Engler <me@emilengler.com>
www.netscape.com is redirecting to a cookie consent form on Aol, and
cool.haxx.se isn't responding to FTP anymore. Replace with examples
that resolves in case users try out the commands when reading the
manual.
Closes#6024
Reviewed-by: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Reviewed-by: Emil Engler <me@emilengler.com>
