Re: Add PostgreSQL home page to --help output - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Greg Stark
Subject Re: Add PostgreSQL home page to --help output
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Msg-id CAM-w4HMDdBLk4jaj6jugOV7OUT8W6=VJR2yeARJV4ysoQYRiMA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Add PostgreSQL home page to --help output  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: Add PostgreSQL home page to --help output
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Sounds like a fine idea. But personally I would prefer it without the <> around the it, just a url on a line by itself. I think it would be clearer, look cleaner, and be easier to select to copy/paste elsewhere.

On Tue., Feb. 11, 2020, 02:42 Peter Eisentraut, <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
Example:

initdb --help
...
Report bugs to <pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org>.
PostgreSQL home page: <https://www.postgresql.org/>

I think this is useful.  You see this nowadays in other packages as
well.  See also
<https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#g_t_002d_002dhelp>
for a reference.

Autoconf already has a way to register the package home page and
propagate it, so I used that.  That also makes it easier to change it
(see http: -> https:) or have third parties substitute their own contact
information without destroying translations.

While at it, I also did the same refactoring for the bug reporting
address (which was also recently changed, so this is a bit late, but who
knows what the future holds).

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