diff --git a/lib_guide.htm b/lib_guide.htm index e6d1bd0..a83a2d1 100644 --- a/lib_guide.htm +++ b/lib_guide.htm @@ -270,8 +270,14 @@ library, but a reasonable effort to comply is expected.
If the documentation is in a doc sub-directory, the primary directory should -contain an index.html file which redirects to the doc subdirectory:
+The primary directory should always contain a file named index.html (or +index.htm). Authors have requested this so that they can publish URL's in the +form http://www.boost.org/libs/lib-name with the assurance a +documentation reorganization won't invalidate the URL. Boost's internal tools +are also simplified by knowing that a library's documentation is always +reachable via the simplified URL.
+If the documentation is in a doc sub-directory, the primary directory index.html file +should just do an automatic redirection to the doc subdirectory:
<html> <head> @@ -435,7 +441,7 @@ suggestion. Major contributions are usually acknowledged in the documentation, while minor fixes are often mentioned in comments within the code itself.
-Revised 19 September, 2002
+Revised 16 December, 2002