From: Amit Patel Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 23:05:49 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Update links on home page X-Git-Tag: v6.1.0b1~10^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F2901%2Fhead;p=thirdparty%2Ftornado.git Update links on home page * Updated http links to the https versions when possible. * Updated links to Google Groups to match their new URL format. * Updated links to other projects to match their new locations. * And finally, updated link to FriendFeed to go to the Wikipedia page, because friendfeed.com is just a redirect to facebook.com now :-( :-( --- diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 135fd099e..7ba5cbf75 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ .. |Tornado Web Server| image:: tornado.png :alt: Tornado Web Server -`Tornado `_ is a Python web framework and +`Tornado `_ is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library, originally developed at `FriendFeed -`_. By using non-blocking network I/O, Tornado +`_. By using non-blocking network I/O, Tornado can scale to tens of thousands of open connections, making it ideal for -`long polling `_, -`WebSockets `_, and other +`long polling `_, +`WebSockets `_, and other applications that require a long-lived connection to each user. Quick links @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ Quick links * Current version: |version| (`download from PyPI `_, :doc:`release notes `) * `Source (GitHub) `_ -* Mailing lists: `discussion `_ and `announcements `_ -* `Stack Overflow `_ +* Mailing lists: `discussion `_ and `announcements `_ +* `Stack Overflow `_ * `Wiki `_ Hello, world @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Installation pip install tornado -Tornado is listed in `PyPI `_ and +Tornado is listed in `PyPI `_ and can be installed with ``pip``. Note that the source distribution includes demo applications that are not present when Tornado is installed in this way, so you may wish to download a copy of the @@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ source tarball or clone the `git repository compatibility with Python 2.7 is required). The following optional packages may be useful: -* `pycurl `_ is used by the optional +* `pycurl `_ is used by the optional ``tornado.curl_httpclient``. Libcurl version 7.22 or higher is required. -* `Twisted `_ may be used with the classes in +* `Twisted `_ may be used with the classes in `tornado.platform.twisted`. -* `pycares `_ is an alternative +* `pycares `_ is an alternative non-blocking DNS resolver that can be used when threads are not appropriate. @@ -154,17 +154,17 @@ Discussion and support ---------------------- You can discuss Tornado on `the Tornado developer mailing list -`_, and report bugs on +`_, and report bugs on the `GitHub issue tracker `_. Links to additional resources can be found on the `Tornado wiki `_. New releases are announced on the `announcements mailing list -`_. +`_. Tornado is available under the `Apache License, Version 2.0 `_. This web site and all documentation is licensed under `Creative -Commons 3.0 `_. +Commons 3.0 `_.