Re: HTML version of documentation - Store using SVN or leave users to build

On 8 September 2011 18:00, Dave Abrahams <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> on Wed Sep 07 2011, "Paul A. Bristow" <pbristow-AT-hetp.u-net.com> wrote:
>
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>>> Daniel James
>>>
>>> Why is that a hassle for the reader?
>>
>> Well unpacking a zip file is a (tiny) bit of a hassle, compared to a simple click.
>
> It's more than tiny.  It's enough of a barrier that I generally won't
> try to read the thing in the zipfile unless I really have to.

Sigh, this is what was described as a hassle for the reader:

> Can't you just upload them to a web server and include them in the
> zipfile? I think sourceforge, github and bitbucket all have free
> static hosting for open source projects. You could ask to be added to
> the boost-sandbox sourceforge project, although github and bitbucket
> look easier to setup. For sourceforge you need to set up ssh keys and
> rsync, which is a bit of a pain.