Re: [boost] Boost.Build documentation pages

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-31 12:22:11

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 The first page, generally, is outdated and wrong.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.
-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com