Re: GNU Octave 4.0.1 - online manual update

[John W. Eaton]

On 03/24/2016 06:16 AM, siko1056 wrote:
> Thank you for the 4.0.1 release jwe and everyone else!
>
> Alongside with this release, I felt free to rebuild the html documentation,
> doing some SED to add Olivers awesome octave.css (which is already included
> into the default-branch), and put it online
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/v4.0.1/

Thanks.  I moved the existing docs for 4.0.0 to .../doc/v4.0.0 and 
updated the .htaccess file so that .../doc/interpreter redirects to v4.0.1.

I'd like to keep manuals for each released version on the web.  I'll try 
to create a page that can present links to all the versions we have 
online soon.

I'll also update the PDF version of the manual and use a similar version 
scheme.

> The current documentation
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/
>
> left many users in trouble, if they are really working with the up-to-date
> one (see for example https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47058).

What was the trouble?  The version on the web was for 4.0.0, which is 
the stable release of Octave.  So I'm not sure I understand the problem.

> Another issue I have is the usage of CVS for the website repository. Was it
> possible to switch to HG or GIT?

Not if we are hosting the manual on the gnu.org site because CVS is 
unfortunately the only option for web pages.  If you want to see this 
fixed, please try to work with the gnu.org or savannah admins to allow 
other options.  Then all projects would benefit.

jwe