Re: cvs chapters in our docs - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: cvs chapters in our docs
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Msg-id 2144.1259249884@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: cvs chapters in our docs  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Robert Haas wrote:
>> I have to say I'm not really impressed by the idea of removing things
>> from our documentation and replacing them with pages on the wiki.  The
>> documentation is better-written and easier to navigate. 

> I agree in general, but information about version control isn't really
> part of the product. For example, if we switch from CVS to Git, and
> decide to pull the plug on the CVS server (hypotethically; in reality
> I'm sure we'd leave the CVS server around for historical purposes), the
> information becomes obsolete.

If our docs are supposed to cover only information that's not subject
to change, they'll become quite short.  I agree with Robert that moving
the info from the SGML docs to the wiki isn't an improvement.
        regards, tom lane


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