VOL-4840 - Tracking ticket for release documentation

conf.py
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  o Define more external link macros to shorten URLs.

Misc
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  o Re-create patch Ifa5009e78f85944c9b6ce2991bed86ae852fcd4b
     to re-sync with master -vs- resovle server merge conflicts.
  o Bulk copyright update.
  o Update more released version strings in the component dependency grid.

Change-Id: I71b7cfbaa3f52191d28e1d2164784e6ffaad86a1
diff --git a/howto/edit_voltha_docs.rst b/howto/edit_voltha_docs.rst
index fcbf98e..540b734 100644
--- a/howto/edit_voltha_docs.rst
+++ b/howto/edit_voltha_docs.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 Guides for RST:
 
 - https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html
-- http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/index.html
+- https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/index.html
 
 RST has multiple heading formats possible, the ones we're using are in the
 order for the HTML h1-h5: ``=``, ``-`` ``"``, ``'``, ``^``.