On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 4:03 PM, alvherre <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> Excerpts from Robert Haas's message of mié may 26 15:56:45 -0400 2010:
>
>> > That is an excellent idea, not only for replication, but there are
>> > probably other wiki pages that we should link to from our main docs. I
>> > will go through the wiki, find appropriate pages, and add links from our
>> > docs.
>>
>> I don't know that I'm eager to link from our docs to the wiki. That
>> seems likely to lead to maintenance headaches. But on the other hand,
>> I see no problem mentioning third-party products that are part of the
>> PG ecosystem.
>
> I don't think we should be adding hundreds of wiki links to the docs,
> but if it's just half a dozen, I think it's a good idea. Those pages
> have already undergone a lot of revision and they are unlikely to go
> away. We already have links to pages in external sites and they do
> cause some pain, but it's not much and this is only every two years or so.
>
> Keep in mind that pages in the Wiki are going to be replaced by a
> redirect page if they ever get renamed, for example. It's highly
> unlikely that they are going to disappear completely.
Eh, maybe. I think generally the wiki documentation is of lower
quality than our main docs. I'd rather see us put the effort into
writing something that can be incorporated into the docs.
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Robert Haas
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The Enterprise Postgres Company
