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Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Root index file.
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir.prus_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-11-10 07:00:12


On 11/05/2014 12:57 PM, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> On 11/03/2014 11:35 PM, Daniel James wrote:
>> On 3 November 2014 19:50, Vladimir Prus <vladimir.prus_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Just one question - can we avoid redirecting to "wwww." prefix when I type
>>> "http://boost.org/build"? I don't
>>> think it is particularly helpful these days, when all the protocols are
>>> typically handled by the same server?
>>
>> No, it's nothing to do with protocols. There are multiple sites on
>> boost.org (svn.boost.org, boostcon.boost.org etc.), so it needs to
>> have a subdomain to distinguish from them, so that they aren't
>> considered sub-sites.
>
> Oh, so you mean that if there's VirtualHost for boost.org and svn.boost.org, then
> the former will inherit settings of the latter?
>
> I guess www. is not that bad, so I'll be fine with the redirects you've proposed,
> as soon as /boost-build2 redirects to the new content.

Daniel,

did you have the time to setup the redirect? The /boost-build2 path still redirects to
the old content for me.

Thanks,

-- 
Vladimir Prus
http://vladimirprus.com

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