Re: Can we have *lastest* directory for boost documentation?

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On Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 10:04 AM Zongren Zhang via Boost-docs <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I am glad that boost.org shows a friendly popup message when I am reading
> an older version of documentaiton.
>
> >  This is the documentation for an old version of Boost. Click here to
> view this page for the latest version.
>
>
> Most of the time I visit boost.org website directed by search engines,
> and none of them will give me the latest version. Sometimes I noticed the
> popup message, but if I didn't, I was confused for a long time.
>
> Why don't we create a symbolic named *lastest* to the directory
> corresponding to latest version? For example,
>
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_66_0/doc/html/boost_asio.html
>
> can be reached by,
>
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/latest/doc/html/boost_asio.html
>
> I think this will produce better search egine results in the long run.
>

There's already a
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/doc/html/boost_asio.html
<http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/latest/doc/html/boost_asio.html> link, that
redirects to the latest release.

Rene.

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sat, =
Apr 21, 2018, 10:04 AM Zongren Zhang via Boost-docs &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:b=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></d=
iv><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left=
:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">I am glad that=C2=A0<a h=
ref=3D"http://boost.org" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">boost.org</a>=
 shows a friendly popup message when I am reading an older version of docum=
entaiton. <br><br>&gt;=C2=A0 This is the documentation for an old version o=
f Boost. Click here to view this page for the latest version.<br><br><div><=
br>Most of the time I visit=C2=A0<a href=3D"http://boost.org" target=3D"_bl=
ank" rel=3D"noreferrer">boost.org</a>
 website directed by search engines, and none of them will give me the=20
latest version. Sometimes I noticed the popup message, but if I didn&#39;t,=
 I was=20
confused for a long time.<br><br>Why don&#39;t we create a symbolic named *=
lastest* to the directory corresponding to latest version? For example,<br>=
<br><a href=3D"http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_66_0/doc/html/boost_asio.htm=
l" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_66_=
0/doc/html/boost_asio.html</a><br><br></div><div>can be reached by,<br><br>=
<a href=3D"http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/latest/doc/html/boost_asio.html" t=
arget=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/latest/do=
c/html/boost_asio.html</a><br><br></div><div>I think this will produce bett=
er search egine results in the long run.<br></div></div></blockquote></div>=
</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">There&#39;s already a=
=C2=A0<a href=3D"http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/latest/doc/html/boost_asio.h=
tml" style=3D"font-family:sans-serif">http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release=
/doc/html/boost_asio.html</a>=C2=A0link, that redirects to the latest relea=
se.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Rene.</div></div>

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