From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from esa1.mentor.iphmx.com (esa1.mentor.iphmx.com [68.232.129.153]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A8F22385840E for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2022 03:45:51 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org A8F22385840E Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codesourcery.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=mentor.com X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.95,229,1661846400"; d="scan'208";a="88663206" Received: from orw-gwy-01-in.mentorg.com ([192.94.38.165]) by esa1.mentor.iphmx.com with ESMTP; 31 Oct 2022 19:45:49 -0800 IronPort-SDR: f+DLkDCd/P3IywxUM2RygmJQd4MS1sAkn+aTzOI7dAuuv83FmMnS54G9RW35R1aTRaY87oTkOJ 1EIJloJF0Y+2yYf0mQXyWA82DlcTv8FmhL7N8FR4iXamPIulpK9+MWnpotgRTdsVotISQMZIxi E9Mo8F5rY5EStWdP4GbDKptjydF3eqbddoRsGu2UYbpWySKpnS1nE8rIgv7tCYHPVYc2dsPifz 7eGr5Xh63noUH3SjWvUcnMTohrTseQ+mzcRkZV3TXLBcE58HR0LWQekyDDLaeZe0syGlMEYGuo srg= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 21:45:46 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.2.2 Subject: Re: old versions of the glibc manual Content-Language: en-US To: Carlos O'Donell , "libc-alpha@sourceware.org" References: <83478ad8-affd-921f-984d-95b55f9d0f9d@codesourcery.com> <3b0233e2-736b-e3f7-baeb-d20e1bfaf594@redhat.com> From: Sandra Loosemore In-Reply-To: <3b0233e2-736b-e3f7-baeb-d20e1bfaf594@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ClientProxiedBy: svr-orw-mbx-08.mgc.mentorg.com (147.34.90.208) To svr-orw-mbx-13.mgc.mentorg.com (147.34.90.213) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,KAM_SHORT,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On 10/31/22 21:09, Carlos O'Donell wrote: > On 10/29/22 01:46, Sandra Loosemore wrote: >> Someone recently contacted me via my personal e-mail address, and >> asked "Why is it impossible to find documentation for the older >> versions of the glibc?" > > Thanks for reaching out! > >> Indeed https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/ lists only the >> latest version. Is it possible to have links to multiple versions, >> as e.g. GCC does? Or just build a separate documentation tarball as >> part of the release process? Either way, messing around with the web >> site and/or release scripts is kind of out of my league, but perhaps >> someone familiar with those things could consider this is an >> enhancement? > > Yes it is possible to have multiple versions! > > I have updated the website to have from 2.26 -> 2.36 under manual > e.g. https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/2.35/ for glibc-2.35. > There are now 5 years of manuals on the website. Thanks! I figured this would not be a huge task for someone familiar with the project infrastructure.... unfortunately that's not me. :-P -Sandra