matplotlib · NelleV · Dec 31, 2016 · Dec 27, 2016 · Dec 27, 2016 · Dec 27, 2016
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
@@ -57,31 +57,31 @@ one of the `scipy-stack compatible Python distributions
 Enthought Canopy, or Continuum Anaconda, which have matplotlib and many
 of its dependencies, plus other useful packages, preinstalled.
 
-For `standard Python <https://www.python.org/download/>`_ installations,
+For `standard Python <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_ installations,
 install matplotlib using pip_::
 
     python -m pip install -U pip setuptools
     python -m pip install matplotlib
 
 In case Python 2.7 or 3.4 are not installed for all users,
 the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 (
-`64 bit <http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=15336>`__
+`64 bit <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15336>`__
 or
-`32 bit <http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29>`__
+`32 bit <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29>`__
 for Python 2.7) or Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 (
-`64 bit <http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14632>`__
+`64 bit <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14632>`__
 or
-`32 bit <http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555>`__
+`32 bit <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555>`__
 for Python 3.4) redistributable packages need to be installed.
 
 Matplotlib depends on `Pillow <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow>`_
 for reading and saving JPEG, BMP, and TIFF image files.
-Matplotlib requires `MiKTeX <http://miktex.org/>`_ and
-`GhostScript <http://www.ghostscript.com/download/>`_ for rendering text
+Matplotlib requires `MiKTeX <https://miktex.org/>`_ and
+`GhostScript <https://ghostscript.com/download/>`_ for rendering text
 with LaTeX.
 `FFmpeg <https://www.ffmpeg.org/>`_, `avconv <https://libav.org/>`_,
 `mencoder <http://www.mplayerhq.hu>`_, or
-`ImageMagick <http://www.imagemagick.org/>`_ are required for the
+`ImageMagick <http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php>`_ are required for the
 animation module.
 
 The following backends should work out of the box: agg, tkagg, ps,
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ python, numpy, libpng and freetype), you can build matplotlib::
   python setup.py install
 
 We provide a `setup.cfg
-<https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/raw/master/setup.cfg.template>`_
+<https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/master/setup.cfg.template>`_
 file that goes with :file:`setup.py` which you can use to customize
 the build process. For example, which default backend to use, whether
 some of the optional libraries that matplotlib ships with are
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ Required Dependencies
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 :term:`python` 2.7, 3.4, 3.5 or 3.6
-    `Download python <http://www.python.org/download/>`_.
+    `Download python <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_.
 
 :term:`numpy` |minimum_numpy_version| (or later)
-    array support for python (`download numpy <http://numpy.org>`_)
+    array support for python (`download numpy <http://www.numpy.org>`_)
 
 `setuptools <http://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/>`__
     Setuptools provides extensions for python package installation.
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ Required Dependencies
     zlib.
 
 `pytz <http://pytz.sourceforge.net/>`__
-    Used to manipulate time-zone aware datetimes. http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytz
+    Used to manipulate time-zone aware datetimes.
+    https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytz
 
 :term:`FreeType` 2.3 or later
     Library for reading true type font files. If using pip, easy_install or
@@ -259,17 +260,17 @@ Optional external programs
     Required for the animation module to be save out put to movie
     formats.
 
-`ImageMagick <http://www.imagemagick.org/>`__
+`ImageMagick <http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php>`__
     Required for the animation module to be able to save to animated gif.
 
 Optional dependencies
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-`Pillow <http://python-pillow.github.io/>`__
+`Pillow <http://python-pillow.org/>`__
     If Pillow is installed, matplotlib can read and write a larger
     selection of image file formats.
 
-`pkg-config <http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/>`__
+`pkg-config <https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/>`__
     A tool used to find required non-python libraries.  This is not strictly
     required, but can make installation go more smoothly if the libraries and
     headers are not in the expected locations.
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ git repository and follow the instruction in :file:`README.osx`.
 Building on Windows
 -------------------
 
-The Python shipped from http://www.python.org is compiled with Visual Studio
+The Python shipped from https://www.python.org is compiled with Visual Studio
 2008 for versions before 3.3, Visual Studio 2010 for 3.3 and 3.4, and
 Visual Studio 2015 for 3.5 and 3.6.  Python extensions are recommended to be compiled
 with the same compiler.

diff --git a/doc/api/api_changes.rst b/doc/api/api_changes.rst
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ Configuration and rcParams
 * On Linux, the user-specific `matplotlibrc` configuration file is now
   located in `~/.config/matplotlib/matplotlibrc` to conform to the
   `XDG Base Directory Specification
-  <http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html>`_.
+  <https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html>`_.
 
 * The `font.*` rcParams now affect only text objects created after the
   rcParam has been set, and will not retroactively affect already

diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 
 # Github extension
 
-github_project_url = "http://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/"
+github_project_url = "https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/"
 
 # Options for HTML output
 # -----------------------

diff --git a/doc/devel/MEP/MEP12.rst b/doc/devel/MEP/MEP12.rst
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ the gallery would remain in those directories until they are cleaned
 up. After clean-up, they would be moved to one of the new gallery
 sections described above. "Clean-up" should involve:
 
-* `sphinx-gallery docstrings <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io/>`_: a
-  title and a description of the example formatted as follows, at the top of
+* `sphinx-gallery docstrings <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_:
+  a title and a description of the example formatted as follows, at the top of
   the example::
 
     """
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ page instead of the gallery examples.
 references to that example.  For example, the API documentation for
 `axes.py` and `pyplot.py` may use these examples to generate
 plots. Use your favorite search tool (e.g., grep, ack, `grin
-<http://pypi.python.org/pypi/grin>`_, `pss
-<http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pss>`_) to search the matplotlib
+<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/grin>`_, `pss
+<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pss>`_) to search the matplotlib
 package. See `2dc9a46
 <https://github.com/tonysyu/matplotlib/commit/2dc9a4651e5e566afc0866c603aa8d06aaf32b71>`_
 and `aa6b410
@@ -192,10 +192,10 @@ the entry point to these examples, and sections could really help users
 navigate the gallery. Thus, tags are complementary to this reorganization.
 
 
-.. _PEP8: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
+.. _PEP8: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
 
-.. [1] http://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/714
-.. [2] http://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/524
+.. [1] https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/714
+.. [2] https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/524
 .. [3] http://matplotlib.1069221.n5.nabble.com/Matplotlib-gallery-td762.html#a33379091
-.. [4] http://www.loria.fr/~rougier/teaching/matplotlib/
-.. [5] http://www.loria.fr/~rougier/coding/gallery/
+.. [4] http://www.labri.fr/perso/nrougier/teaching/matplotlib/
+.. [5] http://www.labri.fr/perso/nrougier/coding/gallery/
diff --git a/doc/devel/MEP/MEP13.rst b/doc/devel/MEP/MEP13.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Abstract
 
 Wrap all of the matplotlib getter and setter methods with python
 `properties
-<http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#property>`_, allowing
+<https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#property>`_, allowing
 them to be read and written like class attributes.
 
 Detailed description

diff --git a/doc/devel/MEP/MEP14.rst b/doc/devel/MEP/MEP14.rst
@@ -74,20 +74,20 @@ Supporting these things is difficult, and is the "full-time job" of a
 number of other projects:
 
   - `pango <http://www.pango.org/>`_/`harfbuzz
-    <http://www.harfbuzz.org/>`_
+    <https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz/>`_
   - `QtTextLayout
-    <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qtextlayout.html>`_
+    <http://doc.qt.io/qt-4.8/qtextlayout.html>`_
   - `Microsoft DirectWrite
-    <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd371554(v=vs.85).aspx>`_
+    <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd371554(v=vs.85).aspx>`_
   - `Apple Core Text
-    <https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/StringsTextFonts/Conceptual/CoreText_Programming/Overview/Overview.html>`_
+    <https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/StringsTextFonts/Conceptual/CoreText_Programming/Overview/Overview.html>`_
 
 Of the above options, it should be noted that `harfbuzz` is designed
 from the start as a cross platform option with minimal dependencies,
 so therefore is a good candidate for a single option to support.
 
 Additionally, for supporting rich text, we could consider using
-`WebKit <http://www.webkit.org/>`_, and possibly whether than
+`WebKit <https://webkit.org/>`_, and possibly whether than
 represents a good single cross-platform option.  Again, however, rich
 text formatting is outside of the scope of this project.
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ which matches fonts using our own algorithm based on the `CSS font
 matching algorithm <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/fonts.html#algorithm>`_.
 It doesn't always do the same thing as the native font selection
 algorithms on Linux (`fontconfig
-<http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/>`_), Mac and
+<https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/>`_), Mac and
 Windows, and it doesn't always find all of the fonts on the system
 that the OS would normally pick up.  However, it is cross-platform,
 and always finds the fonts that ship with matplotlib.  The Cairo and
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ lookup mechanism must only match against those fonts.  It is unclear
 whether the OS-native font lookup systems can handle this case.
 
 There is also experimental support for using `fontconfig
-<http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/>`_ for font
+<https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/>`_ for font
 selection in matplotlib, turned off by default.  fontconfig is the
 native font selection algorithm on Linux, but is also cross platform
 and works well on the other platforms (though obviously is an

diff --git a/doc/devel/MEP/MEP25.rst b/doc/devel/MEP/MEP25.rst
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Implementation
 
     * A simple NB demonstrating some functionality for
       ``Line2DController`` objects:
-      http://nbviewer.ipython.org/gist/theengineear/f0aa8d79f64325e767c0
+      https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/gist/theengineear/f0aa8d79f64325e767c0
 
 2. Write in protocols for the ``Controller`` to *update* the model.
 

diff --git a/doc/devel/contributing.rst b/doc/devel/contributing.rst
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ You can check out the latest sources with the command::
 
 After obtaining a local copy of the matplotlib source code (:ref:`set-up-fork`),
 navigate to the matplotlib directory and run the following in the shell::
-    
+
     python setup.py develop
 
 or::
-  
+
    pip install -v -e .
 
 
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ symbolic links back to the source code).
 
 
 .. note::
-  
+
     If you decide to do install with ``python setup.py develop`` or ``pip
     install -v -e``, you will have to rerun::
-   
+
       python setup.py build
 
     every time the source code of a compiled extension is changed (for
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ You can then run the tests to check your work environment is set up properly::
 .. _pep8: https://pep8.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 
 .. note::
-    
+
   **Additional dependencies for testing**: nose_ (version 1.0 or later), `mock
   <https://docs.python.org/dev/library/unittest.mock.html>`_ (if python < 3.3), `Ghostscript
-  <http://www.ghostscript.com/>`_, `Inkscape <http://inkscape.org>`_
+  <https://www.ghostscript.com/>`_, `Inkscape <https://inkscape.org>`_
 
 .. note:: To make sure the tests run locally:
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ When working on bleeding edge packages, setting up a
 environment <http://conda.pydata.org/docs/using/envs.html>`_ is recommended.
 
 .. seealso::
-  
+
   * :ref:`testing`
 
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ You may want to consider sending an email to the mailing list for more
 visibility.
 
 .. seealso::
-   
+
   * `Git documentation <https://git-scm.com/documentation>`_
   * :ref:`development-workflow`.
   * :ref:`using-git`
@@ -196,12 +196,12 @@ tools:
 
     * Code with a good unittest coverage (at least 70%, better 100%), check
       with::
-      
+
         pip install coverage
         python tests.py --with-coverage
 
     * No pyflakes warnings, check with::
-      
+
         pip install pyflakes
         pyflakes path/to/module.py
 
@@ -227,10 +227,10 @@ Issues for New Contributors
 ---------------------------
 
 New contributors should look for the following tags when looking for issues.
-We strongly recommend that new contributors tackle 
+We strongly recommend that new contributors tackle
 `new-contributor-friendly <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/labels/new-contributor-friendly>`_
 issues (easy, well documented issues, that do not require an understanding of
-the different submodules of matplotlib) and 
+the different submodules of matplotlib) and
 `Easy-fix <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/labels/Difficulty%3A%20Easy>`_
 issues. This helps the contributor become familiar with the contribution
 workflow, and for the core devs to become acquainted with the contributor;

diff --git a/doc/devel/documenting_mpl.rst b/doc/devel/documenting_mpl.rst
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ working with Sphinx in general. Here are a few additional things to keep in mind
 * The autodoc extension will handle index entries for the API, but additional
   entries in the index_ need to be explicitly added.
 
-.. _Sphinx: http://sphinx.pocoo.org
-.. _documentation: http://sphinx.pocoo.org/contents.html
-.. _`inline markup`: http://sphinx.pocoo.org/markup/inline.html
-.. _index: http://sphinx.pocoo.org/markup/para.html#index-generating-markup
+.. _Sphinx: http://www.sphinx-doc.org
+.. _documentation: http://www.sphinx-doc.org/contents.html
+.. _`inline markup`: http://www.sphinx-doc.org/markup/inline.html
+.. _index: http://www.sphinx-doc.org/markup/para.html#index-generating-markup
 
 * Please limit the text width of docstrings to 70 characters.
 
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ purposes, like hosting google docs or youtube videos.  You can embed a
 matplotlib animation in the docs by first saving the animation as a
 movie using :meth:`matplotlib.animation.Animation.save`, and then
 uploading to `matplotlib's youtube
-channel <http://www.youtube.com/user/matplotlib>`_ and inserting the
+channel <https://www.youtube.com/user/matplotlib>`_ and inserting the
 embedding string youtube provides like::
 
   .. raw:: html

diff --git a/doc/devel/gitwash/development_workflow.rst b/doc/devel/gitwash/development_workflow.rst
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ sure your pull request is ready for merging.
 
 
 #. Go to your repo URL |emdash| e.g.,
-   ``http://github.com/your-user-name/matplotlib``.
+   ``https://github.com/your-user-name/matplotlib``.
 
 #. Select your feature branch from the drop down menu:
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ all your commits to the updated upstream commit. For a much more detailed
 explanation (with pictures!) see `this nice write up
 <https://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Branching-Rebasing>`_.  The NumPy team has also
 `documented how to do this
-<http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/dev/gitwash/development_workflow.html#rebasing-on-master>`_.
+<https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/dev/gitwash/development_workflow.html#rebasing-on-master>`_.
 In general, re-writing history, particularly published history, is considered
 bad practice, but in this case it is very useful.
 

diff --git a/doc/devel/gitwash/forking_hell.rst b/doc/devel/gitwash/forking_hell.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Making your own copy (fork) of matplotlib
 ==========================================
 
 You need to do this only once.  The instructions here are very similar
-to the instructions at http://help.github.com/forking/ |emdash| please see
+to the instructions at https://help.github.com/forking/ |emdash| please see
 that page for more detail.  We're repeating some of it here just to give the
 specifics for the matplotlib_ project, and to suggest some default names.
 

diff --git a/doc/devel/gitwash/git_install.rst b/doc/devel/gitwash/git_install.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ See the git_ page for the most recent information.
 
 Have a look at the github_ install help pages available from `github help`_
 
-There are good instructions here: http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git
+There are good instructions here: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git
 
 .. include:: links.inc