Mainline Kernel repo does not use https
Bug #1672455 reported by
lazyjones
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Mainline kernels are provided at http://
This is very convenient, especially if one has the latest hardware for which older kernels often do not have hardware support.
However https:/
Of course one could in theory try to reproduce the build by compiling from source, but in practice this is hardly a viable solutions.
Proposed solution: Enable https with a trusted certificate for https:/
affects: | ubuntu → ubuntu-website |
affects: | ubuntu-website → kernel-development-workflow |
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