Re: src/test/regress/README duplicates SGML material - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: src/test/regress/README duplicates SGML material
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.30.0103200010570.5764-100000@peter.localdomain
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In response to src/test/regress/README duplicates SGML material  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: src/test/regress/README duplicates SGML material  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane writes:

> Is it really necessary to maintain identical text in the test README
> file and in the SGML docs?  I'm sorely tempted to remove the README
> rather than double-editing yet again.

It's referenced from the INSTALL file, because people presumably won't be
able to read the HTML during installation.  Actually, the README was once
generated from the HTML version.  It can be done again, but the exact
process it kind of hazy.

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Peter Eisentraut      peter_e@gmx.net       http://yi.org/peter-e/


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