'Update to latest Boost version' option does not get to the right link
"Paul A. Bristow" <[email protected]> Wed, 27 May 2015 12:59:17 +0100
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I've been ticked off by a Wikipedia editor for not providing the approved citation (links to Wikipedia itself are not regarded as reliable - no self-referencing ) and I'm OK with that (one must reference www.boost.org rather than Wikipedia article boost Libraries). But I'm not sure if/how to provide a link to the function in question (in this case for example float_next). The user would like to just click on to the link float_next and get to the docs for that. Or we can let a Well-Known Search Engine help us out, say searching for "boost.org float_next" That works up to a point - it get to http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_52_0/libs/math/doc/sf_and_dist/html/math_toolkit/utils/next_float/fl oat_next.html but that isn't the most recent version. There is a box acknowledging "This is an old version" and kindly offering to get the most recent version (of the home page). http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/math/doc/html/math_toolkit/next_float/float_distance.html but that just gets to http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/ which isn't really what the hapless wants :-( Using the local search box does get you to the most recent, so that's just about OK, but not ideal. However, I am left with the question of what to provide for the link to float_next for Wikipedia. So far I have https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_in_the_last_place#Language_support (See ref 5) Of course, the float_next link above will soon be out of date when version 1.59 hits the streets. It would be nice to have a way of getting a link to the most recent version. GIT might provide a mechanism http://boostorg.github.io ? but I am wary of that. Any suggestions on doing better? Paul --- Paul A. Bristow Prizet Farmhouse Kendal UK LA8 8AB +44 (0) 1539 561830