Re: [boost] svn.boost.org wiki

Subject: Re: [boost] svn.boost.org wiki
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-07-15 19:08:45

On 7/15/2015 1:59 PM, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have sent the following to the Boost documentation list, but since
> this is of broader relevance I have been asked to resend it here...
>
>
>
>
> The content of https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ seems rather outdated,
> and it has been confusing me a number of times as it wasn't clear what
> is and what isn't up-to-date.
>
> * There is an entire section "Quick Access to the Boost Subversion
> Repository". Shouldn't that be removed entirely ?
>
> * The section "Git and Modular Boost" starts with "Boost is moving...".
> Isn't that conversion complete (and thus, shouldn't the docs state that
> clearly) ?
>
> * There are other seemingly outdated bits, but there are relatively minor...
>
>
> What I was actually trying to figure out is how / where to indicate that
> for Boost.Python I would like issues to be submitted with the respective
> github issue tracker, rather than the old Boost Trac instance. It's
> still not clear how to do that (as the Boost docs are again quite
> monolithic in this respect, i.e. don't allow a per-library policy). So
> if anyone has suggestions on where / how to express that, please let me
> know.

There are qute a few current PRs against Boost.Python going back to 
January 2014 onward. Are you trying to discourage people from submitting 
PRs for Boost.Python ? The handling of these PRs would go a long way to 
encourage people to use Git rather than the Boost Trac system, if that 
is your intent.