Dated README links #545

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claunia · 2026-01-29T20:45:29Z

claunia commented

2026-01-29 20:45:29 +00:00

Originally created by @GinnyGlider on GitHub (Aug 1, 2025).

Seven of the README links have become dated,
yet they still function due to redirects.
Two of the links are HTTP.
And One being a 404.
—
Here are the following lines of the dated links and their
new replacements (Based on the link's redirect destination) :
[Note: Due to GitHub's formatting, the order is new vs old links]
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Redirects to: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7932
a47d747506/README.md (L15)

Redirects to: https://bazel.build/ (With HTTPS)
a47d747506/README.md (L40)

Redirects to: https://groups.google.com/g/brotli
a47d747506/README.md (L68)

Redirects to: HTTPS
a47d747506/README.md (L79)

Redirects to: https://github.com/foliojs/brotli.js (Legal advice may be needed)
a47d747506/README.md (L87)

Redirects to: 404 (Legal advice may be needed)
a47d747506/README.md (L93)

Redirects to: https://pub.dev/documentation/es_compression/latest/brotli/
a47d747506/README.md (L95)
—
Reasoning behind this issue:
I have come over from nixpkgs repository after a pull-request concerning
an outdated Internet-Draft link which lead to a 404. In order to update it
I had to find an official source, which was the Brotli repository itself.
—
The new link source I choose here was https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7932
However, despite being official it leads as a redirect, so I opted to instead
update it with the redirect destination, which (at the time of writing) is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7932
—
I needed the nix Brotli package but the description and the dated
Internet-Draft link ignored me enough to create a PR there and
an issue here. I decided to briefly examine the README page
for dated links, and here I am with this issue. I'm sure there
are others here too, but that's what I have the time for.
—
It's a minor issue, I know I could've done a PR, however the
requirement for sighing a CLA is about as far as I can pursue
for a simple change.

Originally created by @GinnyGlider on GitHub (Aug 1, 2025). Seven of the README links have become dated, yet they still function due to redirects. Two of the links are HTTP. And One being a 404. — Here are the following lines of the dated links and their new replacements (Based on the link's redirect destination) : [Note: Due to GitHub's formatting, the order is new vs old links] — Redirects to: `https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7932` https://github.com/google/brotli/blob/a47d7475063eb223c87632eed806c0070e70da29/README.md?plain=1#L15 Redirects to: `https://bazel.build/` (With HTTPS) https://github.com/google/brotli/blob/a47d7475063eb223c87632eed806c0070e70da29/README.md?plain=1#L40 Redirects to: `https://groups.google.com/g/brotli` https://github.com/google/brotli/blob/a47d7475063eb223c87632eed806c0070e70da29/README.md?plain=1#L68 Redirects to: `HTTPS` https://github.com/google/brotli/blob/a47d7475063eb223c87632eed806c0070e70da29/README.md?plain=1#L79 Redirects to: `https://github.com/foliojs/brotli.js` (Legal advice may be needed) https://github.com/google/brotli/blob/a47d7475063eb223c87632eed806c0070e70da29/README.md?plain=1#L87 Redirects to: `404` (Legal advice may be needed) https://github.com/google/brotli/blob/a47d7475063eb223c87632eed806c0070e70da29/README.md?plain=1#L93 Redirects to: `https://pub.dev/documentation/es_compression/latest/brotli/` https://github.com/google/brotli/blob/a47d7475063eb223c87632eed806c0070e70da29/README.md?plain=1#L95 — Reasoning behind this issue: I have come over from [nixpkgs repository](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/) after a [pull-request](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/429684/commits/099134efac3fc75313eb1ddf74daff059fdc28c8) concerning an outdated Internet-Draft link which lead to a 404. In order to update it I had to find an official source, which was the Brotli repository itself. — The new link source I choose here was `https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7932` However, despite being official it leads as a redirect, so I opted to instead update it with the redirect destination, which (at the time of writing) is: `https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7932` — I needed the nix Brotli package but the description and the dated Internet-Draft link ignored me enough to create a PR there and an issue here. I decided to briefly examine the README page for dated links, and here I am with this issue. I'm sure there are others here too, but that's what I have the time for. — It's a minor issue, I know I could've done a PR, however the requirement for sighing a CLA is about as far as I can pursue for a simple change.

claunia closed this issue

2026-01-29 20:45:29 +00:00

claunia commented

2026-01-29 20:45:30 +00:00

@eustas commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2025):

Thanks for reporting and thorough checks. Will be fixed soon.

@eustas commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2025): Thanks for reporting and thorough checks. Will be fixed soon.

claunia commented

2026-01-29 20:45:30 +00:00

@eustas commented on GitHub (Oct 1, 2025):

Fixed.

@eustas commented on GitHub (Oct 1, 2025): Fixed.