From: "Rito Rhymes" <rito@ritovision.com>
To: "Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>,
"Rito Rhymes" <rito@ritovision.com>, <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "Shuah Khan" <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: set canonical base URL for HTML output
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:09:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DHAED9XZZLVM.2GT0BOHIXJ7MA@ritovision.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y0ji9zbz.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
To be clear:
canonical URL + local build = useless
canonical URL set by env var + official published build = source
authority support
hardcoded canonical URL in the source tree + mirror deployments =
1. Benign mirror benefit
Mirrors inherit a source-authority-supporting default without
needing to think about it or configure anything themselves.
2. Adversarial / careless mirror mitigation
Anyone who does not want to preserve that signal must take an
extra step to remove or override it, adding at least some
friction to careless or hostile reuse.
Hardcoding it is simpler, safer and more effective because it makes
preservation of the preferred source the path of least resistance,
requires any departure from it to be explicit, and costs local builds
very little without side effects.
Rito
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-23 19:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-21 12:49 [PATCH] docs: set canonical base URL for HTML output Rito Rhymes
2026-03-22 20:40 ` Jonathan Corbet
2026-03-23 18:03 ` Rito Rhymes
2026-03-23 18:26 ` Jonathan Corbet
2026-03-23 19:09 ` Rito Rhymes [this message]
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