[dpdk-stable] [PATCH] doc: prefer https when pointing to dpdk.org

[Thomas Monjalon]

19/03/2020 09:28, David Marchand:
> for file in $(git grep -l http://.*dpdk.org doc/); do
>   sed -i -e 's#http://\(.*dpdk.org\)#https://\1#g' $file;
> done
> 
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
> ---
> +	# links must prefer https over http
> +	awk -v FOLDERS='doc' \
> +		-v EXPRESSIONS='http://.*dpdk.org' \
> +		-v RET_ON_FAIL=1 \
> +		-v MESSAGE='Using non https link to dpdk.org' \
> +		-f $(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/check-forbidden-tokens.awk \
> +		"$1" || res=1

Interesting policy.
When no authentication is required, I was trying to use simple http,
in the hope of making access faster.
What is the benefit of https for documentation? Avoid man-in-the-middle?