> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Marc G. Fournier
> Sent: 03 September 2004 00:57
> To: Tom Lane
> Cc: Devrim GUNDUZ; PostgreSQL WWW Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Comment forms in interactive docs
>
> On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim@gunduz.org> writes:
> >> There are comments forms interactive docs. I think we
> should remove them.
> >> Who follows the user comments in there? I'm sure, noone!
> >
> > Actually, we've made a practice of scavenging for useful
> comments at
> > least once a release cycle. There's a lot of crud in
> there, I agree,
> > but some good ideas about missing material too. Anyway,
> what is your
> > idea of "interactive" docs if not ones that people can comment on?
>
> I know that I tend to make extensive use of the user
> 'comments' when I'm looking at similar in the PHP docs ...
> you usually get some valuable examples that the docs are
> seriously lacking ...
Very true, the php idocs are excellent. The question is, how do we
encourage submissions of the same quality, without all the 'Where can I
get pdf docs' and 'why doesn't my C program work' questions?
Regards, Dave.
