Re: Draft release notes complete - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Draft release notes complete
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Msg-id 20120906012535.GA29484@momjian.us
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In response to Re: Draft release notes complete  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: Draft release notes complete  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Re: Draft release notes complete  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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On Wed, Sep  5, 2012 at 09:56:32PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Excerpts from Tom Lane's message of mié sep 05 20:24:08 -0300 2012:
> > Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> > > The only reason there is a significant delay is that the administrators 
> > > have chosen not to run the process more than once every 4 hours. That's 
> > > a choice not dictated by the process they are using, but by other 
> > > considerations concerning the machine it's being run on. Since I am not 
> > > one of the admins and don't really want to take responsibility for it I 
> > > am not going to second guess them. On the very rare occasions when I 
> > > absolutely have to have the totally up to date docs I build them myself 
> > > - it takes about 60 seconds on my modest hardware.
> > 
> > I think the argument for having a quick docs build service is not about
> > the time needed, but the need to have all the appropriate tools
> > installed.  While I can understand that argument for J Random Hacker,
> > I'm mystified why Bruce doesn't seem to have bothered to get a working
> > SGML toolset installed.  It's not like editing the docs is a one-shot
> > task for him.
> 
> As far as I understand, Bruce's concern is not about seeing the docs
> built himself, but having an HTML copy published somewhere that he can
> point people to, after applying some patch.  To me, that's a perfectly
> legitimate reason to want to have them quickly.

Correct.  I have always had a working SGML toolset.  If we are not going
to have the developer site run more often, I will just go back to
setting up my own public doc build, like I used to do.  I removed mine
when the official one was more current/reliable --- if that has changed,
I will return to my old setup, and publish my own URL for users to
verify doc changes.

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