libraries: 1.17 is from 2013?

[vinniefalco]

Boost was launched in 1999 but the website says that version 1.17 is from 2013? At 3 releases per year, 1.17 should have been released in 2004 not 2013. Something is wrong.

[mclow]

I would tend to believe source forge on this: https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/
Shows that 1.20 was uploaded there in 2003. (probably generated before that, though, since several releases have that mod date)

[PeterTurcan]

@vinniefalco Could you possibly add a link to where this erroneous information is? I was unable to locate it in a search of the user or contributor guides - with the link I should at least be able to direct this issue to the correct author - thanks!

[vinniefalco]

https://www.boost.io/releases/boost-1-17-0/

[PeterTurcan]

Thanks @vinniefalco. The issue actually occurs in all "Releases" library references from version 1.53.0 back to 1.16.1.
All have "April 13, 2013" as the date above "Documentation" and "Source Code". The actual date under the "Version" heading appears to be correct (or at least in the ball-park). There appear to be a few possible solutions:

1. We do not need the date repeated in the Documentation/Source Code box - so perhaps just remove the date from this box for all library references.
2. Go through all the pages from 1.16.1 to 1.53.0 and copy the Version date up to the higher box (or is this process automated?). Seems pointless to me but maybe there was an intended purpose for that date?

@rbbeeston - are you able to direct this issue to the correct recipient?

[vinniefalco]

The database needs to be cleaned up with correct dates set for every library for every release. If this has to be done manually so be it.