Re: [boost] Re: SourceForge boost/htdocs/.htaccess rewrite rules?

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-01 11:27:11

At 11:48 AM 10/1/2003, David Abrahams wrote:

 >> Let's say you have a file <boost>/libs/mylib/example.cpp and a document
 >> that has an hyperlink to this file. The documentation would not work
 >> anymore on the website since this file doesn't exist (only the
 >> documentation is on the website). However, thanks to the rewriting, the
 >> server will send the cvs file which does exist.
 >
 >Well, this is a nice idea, but the CVS link points at the HEAD.  I
 >guess if we had it point at the right revision (Version_1_31_0 or
 >whatever) we could make it work.  If I understand the rule correctly,
 >it saves some space in the web area by re-routing file references to
 >the CVS, but I'm not sure it's worth the trouble.

I agree. It isn't worth the trouble.

--Beman