tag:rubydoc.tenderapp.com,2010-12-26:/discussions/questions/37-docs-duplicated-listed-under-github-and-also-gemsRubydoc.info: Discussion 2013-03-20T17:24:07Ztag:rubydoc.tenderapp.com,2010-12-26:Comment/259819532013-03-20T12:44:18Z2013-03-20T12:44:21ZDocs duplicated, listed under Github and also Gems<div><p>While stumbling around in the dark figuring out how to load a
Gem to Rubygems for the first time, I noticed the Rubygems
documentation link to Rubydoc.info for the project was not found.
So, thinking this might be necessary, I manually added the
associated Github repo to Rubydoc.info.</p>
<p>Later I realized it takes time for the Rubydoc.info entry to be
generated from a new Rubygems project. So now there are apparently
two copies of the docs out on Rubydoc.info. I am just
wondering:</p>
<ul>
<li>Does anyone care? Should I try and clean this up?</li>
<li>If so, is it possible/advisable/proper to remove a Github repo
from Rubydoc.info?</li>
</ul></div>Tom Wilsontag:rubydoc.tenderapp.com,2010-12-26:Comment/259819532013-03-20T17:24:07Z2013-03-20T17:24:07ZDocs duplicated, listed under Github and also Gems<div><p>We can remove the repo, but no, nobody should care. Anybody can
decide to re-add your GitHub repository to rubydoc.info, so
removing it doesn't buy you much. This isn't considered
duplication, because the gem is (and will forever be) locked into
the API for the code it was released with, while your GitHub repo
should represent the current best state. Some people want to read
"latest" docs, and some people want to read specific gem version
docs-- we let them do either. Some of our users even use rubydoc as
a CI server for their docs (with a GitHub hook), so some repos are
generated automatically per commit to test how docs will look
before publishing a gem. Similarly, lots of projects are available
under /github and /gem alike-- in fact, most gems that are hosted
on GitHub were probably generated under /github at some point.</p>
<p>Let me know if you still want to remove it, but remember that
anybody can add it back.</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p></div>lsegal