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Fixes #3176.

Changes proposed in this pull request:

  • Updated outdated and broken Boost documentation URLs across various graph algorithm files to resolve 404 Not Found errors.
  • Corrected URL paths for maximum weighted matching, sloan ordering, Dijkstra root, A* search, bandwidth, and betweenness centrality to match the modern Boost documentation directory structure.
  • Replaced deprecated flat paths (e.g., /doc/) with the modern structured path segments (/doc/html/graph/ including specific subfolders like algorithms/network_flow/, algorithms/metrics/, and algorithms/ordering/) to ensure valid and working links.
  • Verified that all 6 updated links are active and pointing to the correct destinations.

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  • Documentation
    • Updated Boost reference links for A* search, bidirectional Dijkstra, maximum weighted matching, bandwidth, betweenness centrality, and Sloan ordering to point to current documentation pages.

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The documentation updates six Boost Graph reference URLs to newer paths, including paths under the latest documentation tree.

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Boost Graph reference links

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update Boost Graph reference URLs
doc/astar/aStar-family.rst, doc/bdDijkstra/bdDijkstra-family.rst, doc/max_flow/pgr_maxWeightedMatch.rst, doc/metrics/*, doc/ordering/pgr_sloanOrdering.rst
Six Boost Graph reference URLs now use updated documentation paths.

Priority: Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other · Severity of issue fixed: Low

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Suggested reviewers: cvvergara

Merge Risk: Low · up to 640ed

The documentation refresh has one incorrect destination: the weighted-matching reference leads readers to a different algorithm. Correcting that link is straightforward; the remaining merge risk is limited to documentation accuracy.

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Title check Passed The title "docs: fix broken Boost documentation links" matches the changeset. All six edits in the raw summary update Boost documentation URLs in the graph algorithm docs (maximum weighted matching, S…
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #3176 requests updates for the six broken Boost links. The diff updates maximum weighted matching, Sloan ordering, Dijkstra, A*, bandwidth, and betweenness centrality. Each link uses the current…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The diff contains only six URL changes in the documentation files named by issue #3176. The changes directly address the reported broken Boost links. No unrelated source, API, or behavior changes are …
Docstring Coverage Passed No eligible functions found in the changed files. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…
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The title "docs: fix broken Boost documentation links" matches the changeset. All six edits in the raw summary update Boost documentation URLs in the graph algorithm docs (maximum weighted matching, Sloan ordering, Dijkstra root, A*, bandwidth, and betweenness centrality). The title is concise, specific, and uses a conventional docs: prefix. It states the main change: fixing broken Boost links.

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Issue #3176 requests updates for the six broken Boost links. The diff updates maximum weighted matching, Sloan ordering, Dijkstra, A*, bandwidth, and betweenness centrality. Each link uses the current doc/html/graph/ structure and the relevant algorithm subdirectory. No source API changes require additional tests.

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The diff contains only six URL changes in the documentation files named by issue #3176. The changes directly address the reported broken Boost links. No unrelated source, API, or behavior changes are present.

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Minor · The maximum-weighted-matching reference now points to… · pgr_maxWeightedMatch.rst:134

doc/max_flow/pgr_maxWeightedMatch.rst:134
⚠️ Potential issue | 🟡 Minor | 💤 Low value

The maximum-weighted-matching reference now points to maximum_matching.html; that destination may document maximum-cardinality matching rather than the weighted matching described here.

The reference gives the reader documentation for a different matching objective.

This can occur when: A reader follows the Boost reference for details of pgr_maxWeightedMatch.

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Review comment at @doc/max_flow/pgr_maxWeightedMatch.rst at line 134:
Update the Boost reference in the pgr_maxWeightedMatch documentation so it
points to documentation for maximum-weighted matching, not maximum-cardinality
matching. Preserve the surrounding reference formatting and ensure the
destination describes the weighted matching objective.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Minor comments:
Review comments at @doc/max_flow/pgr_maxWeightedMatch.rst:
- Line 134: Update the Boost reference in the pgr_maxWeightedMatch documentation
so it points to documentation for maximum-weighted matching, not
maximum-cardinality matching. Preserve the surrounding reference formatting and
ensure the destination describes the weighted matching objective.

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Files selected for processing: 6
  • doc/astar/aStar-family.rst
  • doc/bdDijkstra/bdDijkstra-family.rst
  • doc/max_flow/pgr_maxWeightedMatch.rst
  • doc/metrics/pgr_bandwidth.rst
  • doc/metrics/pgr_betweennessCentrality.rst
  • doc/ordering/pgr_sloanOrdering.rst

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