Re: [DOCS] how do I suggest a small docs change? - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From J Connolly
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In response to Re: how do I suggest a small docs change?  (David G Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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Thanks for the reply, David! I still think being on github would lower the barrier to entry for would-be contributors, independent of the SGML format. Whether you want to encourage more suggestions from less invested people like me, including some that clearly conflict with established convention, is another issue :).

J

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On Jan 25, 2015 8:29 AM, "David G Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:
J Connolly wrote
> Hi, just wondering how to suggest a small change to the docs. On a related
> note, if the source was on github it would be easier for people like me to
> suggest a change.

Just post your thoughts to -docs.  The harder part of doc changes is SGML,
not the fact the Git repo is not on GitHub.


> Here's the suggested change:
> The tutorial at (
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/tutorial-transactions.html)
> should use integers (i.e. cents) when dealing with currency. Tangential to
> the point of that page, but important given that it's a page targeted at
> beginners.

That example uses the numeric type for currency; which is considerably less
convoluted then forcing everything to have hundredths resolution and
multiplication if you want to show the nominal unit (e.g. dollars).

David J.




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