Re: [boost] [BPM] Supporting an alternative to meta/libraries.json

Subject: Re: [boost] [BPM] Supporting an alternative to meta/libraries.json
From: Louis Dionne (ldionne.2_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-01-04 15:52:33

Glen Fernandes <glen.fernandes <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Louis wrote:
> > From my understanding, this is directed by what the links in
> > boost/libs/libraries.htm point to. 
> 
> I'm not so sure about that.
> 
> Take Boost.Graph, whose entry in libraries.htm is in the form of:
>     < a href="graph/doc/table_of_contents.html" >graph< /a >
> 
> Yet visiting www.boost.org/libs/graph goes through:
> 
>     http://www.boost.org/libs/graph/
>     301 Moved Permanently
>     http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/graph/
>     303 See Other
>     http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_60_0/libs/graph/
>     301 Moved Permanently
>     http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_60_0/libs/graph/doc/index.html
>     200 OK
> 
> It hits graph's root level index.html which contains:
>     < meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=doc/index.html" >
> 

Ah, you seem to be right. In this case, I think I don't even understand
the purpose of the links in boost/libs/libraries.htm. Can anyone shed
light on this?

Regards,
Louis