Re: [boost] Boost.Build documentation pages

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-13 06:38:38

David Abrahams wrote:

> 
> on Sat Oct 27 2007, Vladimir Prus <ghost-AT-cs.msu.su> wrote:
> 
>> Over at boost.org there's a page for Boost.Build, at:
>>
>> http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v2/index.html
>>
>> the content of which is exactly what was in the last
>> Boost release.  There's another page for Boost.Build,
>> namely http://boost.org/boost-build2, content of which
>> is regenerated nightly, using SVN state.
>>
>> The first page, generally, is outdated and wrong. For
>> example, now it points a Milestone 11 downloads while
>> current version of Boost.Build is M12, talks about CVS
>> (and links to a page that does not say how to get
>> anything from either CVS or SVN), points to development
>> roadmap that is totally inaccurate, and so on.
>> Generally, both the download and documentation links
>> at http://boost.org/boost-build2 will yield better results
>> to a user.
>>
>> Are there any objections to making the up-to-date
>> docs page the one most easily found, and making docs corresponding
>> to the last release only found via some "doc archive", or not
>> accessible at all?
> 
> Seems like a good idea for now.  Hopefully at some point in the
> future, the docs will catch up with the releases and we will probably
> want to revisit that decision.

Ok, so given that new website is still in the making, how about 
me adding apache redirect from http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v2/index.html
to boost.org/boost-build2 ?

- Volodya