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Subject: Re: [boost] [concept_check] Reference page concept links out-of-date
From: Michel Morin (mimomorin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-04-09 10:16:56


Cromwell Enage via Boost wrote:
>> Not sure if this has been reported before, but any links on the
>> Reference page of the concept_check library that point to SGI.com now
>> take you to a page that says 'SGI.com Tech Archive Resources now retired'.
>
> I've noticed this with links from other Boost libraries (e.g. Boost.uBlas)
> to the SGI's former webpage. (Way to not go, Hewlett Packard.) I see a
> few options to work around this:
>
> 1. Point the links to the last versions archived by the Wayback Machine [...]
> 2. Point the links to corresponding documentation on the latest C++
> standard <en.cppreference.com>. [...]
> 3. Host our own versions of those pages. [...]

This problem affects many C++ libraries and so hosting at isocpp.org might be
another option.

Regards,
Michel


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