So when bootstrap releases a new version suddenly everyone must switch to self-hosting their docs? Because leaving the friggin' docs online costs so much?
It's inconceivable we are having this discussion on HN.
> Because leaving the friggin' docs online costs so much?
It's not so much about cost but about polluting the Google index with obsolete information. For example, look up a Java API and it's very likely that the first link you will get will point to Java 5. Google is not wrong, that API link is most likely the most linked to, but it's very often not the one you are looking for and certainly not the one that the author of the API wants you to find first.
I really don't see the problem. You have to download the release to use it and the documentation is included, what's the huge deal about keeping a tiny HTML file around? It's not like you suddenly need to start renting a VPS to read it..
It's inconceivable that projects are expected to host old docs forever. Jesus, it's in the zip that you get if you download the Github snapshot anyway. It's literally 20 seconds of your time to have your own local copy.
There is a big difference between forever and switching it off as soon as you change versions. Most people were still using 1.4 when 2 came out so leaving the documentation up for a year or something would not have been difficult.
python & django both host old docs for all in-use versions seemingly forever. Nobody's complaining that they're polluting google, or campaigning for them to be taken down. So why are people reflexively resisting a reasonable request for bootstrap 2.0 docs to stay up? status quo bias!
All of the documentation for old Haskell packages on Hackage are hosted online and it does pollute Google's results. Google often links to outdated versions and you have to take a couple steps to find the current version.
It's inconceivable we are having this discussion on HN.