Re: Web documentation question

From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2023-05-10 13:30:11

> On May 10, 2023, at 2:43 AM, Alain O' Miniussi via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I sometime need to contribute to boost but it is clearly not a regular activity.
> And each time it takes me an unreasonable amount of time just to find the relevant git clone command.
> 
> I would like to know if something is inherently wrong with:
> 1) go to www.boost.org
> 2) unfold the "Development" menu on the right
> 3) hope to find the information regarding the development cycle
> 
> right now, these sections mostly contains pages with link the the wiki, which is expected to be at svn.boost.org which cannot be reached.
> 
> If the information is actually at https://github.com/boostorg/wiki/wiki/Getting-Started%3A-Overview (thanks you stackoverflow) why isn't that page referenced from https://www.boost.org/development/index.html or https://github.com/boostorg/boost ?

Thank you for bringing this to my (our?) attention.

I am currently attending C++Now, and have no time to deal with this this week, but I have created https://github.com/boostorg/website/issues/754 <https://github.com/boostorg/website/issues/754> to track this so it will not be lost.

— Marshall