[issue40770] RFE: Run linkchecker on documentation on the CI

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Something rebuilds the online docs once a day. That same something might be appropriate for running a link checker (including external links) once a week, say. -- nosy: +terry.reedy ___ Python tracker

[issue40770] RFE: Run linkchecker on documentation on the CI

Ned Deily added the comment: I think our CI checks already take too long to run and use possibly more than our fair share of global open source resources (provided by GitHub, Travis, MS Azure) especially considering how infrequently you would expect to find a problem and the low severity of

[issue40770] RFE: Run linkchecker on documentation on the CI

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[issue40770] RFE: Run linkchecker on documentation on the CI

Andy Lester added the comment: Some high-level questions to consider: * Is it run only when a build of the docs is started? Or should it be done regularly (daily/weekly?) to keep an eye on links so that it's not a surprise when build time comes along? * Does a broken link stop the build,

[issue40770] RFE: Run linkchecker on documentation on the CI

Ama Aje My Fren added the comment: On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 3:13 PM Miro Hrončok wrote: > > Note: I would gladly contribute this check, but I have no idea where should I > do that. > I don't know either. I suspect it will have to be with one of the CI/CD providers that cpython uses. I

[issue40770] RFE: Run linkchecker on documentation on the CI

Miro Hrončok added the comment: Note: I would gladly contribute this check, but I have no idea where should I do that. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue40770] RFE: Run linkchecker on documentation on the CI

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[issue40770] RFE: Run linkchecker on documentation on the CI

Miro Hrončok added the comment: Side note: linkchecker can be installed via pip, but the released version is not Python 3 compatible. In Fedora, we package it from git. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue40770] RFE: Run linkchecker on documentation on the CI

New submission from Miro Hrončok : In Fedora, we run the following check when we build Python documentation: # Verify that all of the local links work # # (we can't check network links, as we shouldn't be making network connections # within a build. Also, don't bother checking the .txt source