[CMake] Additional traffic on cmake.org concerning cmake documentation

[Robert Maynard]

It would not be a problem as it relates to server load for you to
redirect to `https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/`, but as frodak17 a
better avenue would to investigate packaging the generated html files
( located in doc/cmake/html/ ).

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 2:54 PM Martin Weber <fifteenknots505 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> this is a question to the people at cmake.org.
>
> The CmakeEd plugin for eclipse [1],[2] currently comes with a copy of the
> cmake documentation. Unfortunately, it refers to a fairly outdated version of
> cmake (2.8.6) and the scripts to convert the docs to Eclipse help format do
> not longer work and I have no time to maintain them.
> As the author of CMakeEd, I would like to replace the bundled doc-files by
> online links to documentation on cmake.org.
>
> So my question is: Are there any objections regarding the additional IP
> traffic on cmake.org imposed if CmakeEd-users would browse the online docs
> instead of a local copy? Or would it be preferable to have a download-on-
> demand feature for the docs?
>
> CMakeEd currently has about 18k installs and gets roughly 700 more each month.
> The attachment show the items to be replaced by online links to cmake.org.
>
> Regards,
>         Martin
>
>
> [1] https://github.com/15knots/cmakeed
> [2] https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/cmake-editor
>
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