Use base URL instead of URL for links

[noamr]

Closes #8330

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[domenic]

Thanks! Can you do "process link headers" too for consistency? I don't think that one would have any normative impacts.

Also, bonus points for some tests (or finding existing tests).

[noamr]

Thanks! Can you do "process link headers" too for consistency? I don't think that one would have any normative impacts.

Also, bonus points for some tests (or finding existing tests).

Done.
To clarify, testing this would mean using the base element and seeing that preloads etc use that for relatives URLs?

[domenic]

To clarify, testing this would mean using the base element and seeing that preloads etc use that for relatives URLs?

Exactly.