Re: [website] 1.72 Boost.Config docs are missing

From: Glen Fernandes (glen.fernandes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-02-25 15:21:33

On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 1:15 PM Andrey Semashev via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> On 2020-02-24 19:56, Glen Fernandes wrote:
> > On Monday, February 24, 2020, Andrey Semashev  wrote:
> >
> >     On 2020-02-24 18:27, Glen Fernandes wrote:
> >
> >         On Monday, February 24, 2020, Andrey Semashev wrote:
> >
> >
> >         https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_72_0/
> >         <https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_72_0/>
> >              <https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_72_0/
> >         <https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_72_0/>>
> >
> >              following Boost.Config link:
> >
> >         https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_72_0/libs/config/config.htm
> >         <https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_72_0/libs/config/config.htm>
> >
> >         <https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_72_0/libs/config/config.htm
> >         <https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_72_0/libs/config/config.htm>>
> >
> >              leads to 404 Page Not Found.
> >
> >
> >
> >         Already fixed in develop since 2 months ago (when it was first
> >         reported):
> >
> >         https://github.com/boostorg/config/commit/3fdb073fc2c203f50aef1668382e5d397e081b08
> >         <https://github.com/boostorg/config/commit/3fdb073fc2c203f50aef1668382e5d397e081b08>
> >
> >
> >     But the website is not updated. I encountered the error today.
> >
> >
> >
> > 1.72 website docs are not affected by the fix. Only 1.73 and develop and
> > master will be. e.g.
> >
> > https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/develop/
> > now goes to
> > https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/develop/libs/config/doc/html/index.html
> >
> > The generated docs for a previous version are not as easy to fix.
>
> If they are generated once and never again, couldn't we fix the
> generated html? As it is Boost.Config docs are inaccessible to users.

If there is a way, I'm not aware of it. Unlike the other website
content, the generated documentation for each release is not within
any repository on boostorg.

> PS: I don't think develop docs are available through any public links on
> the website. People are more likely to follow links to the latest release.

Agreed.

Glen