Thread: Should the "what is the lastest version" FAQ be removed?

I notice that the FAQs tend to give conflicting answers
regarding the latest version of postgres; none of them
matching the home page:
"The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 8.3.3." [1]
"Die neueste Version von PostgreSQL ist 8.2.5." [2]
"A última versão do PostgreSQL é a versão 8.2.5." [3]
"PostgreSQL 最新的版本是版本 8.2.1" [4]
"PostgreSQL 最新的版本是版本 8.2.3" [5]

Do those reflect the last time the product was released
in the corresponding languages?

If not, can whatever generates/publishes the website have some
global search&replace for version numbers?

If it's hard to set up a global search&replace, perhaps
that FAQ entry should just be removed, since it seems
to be misleading more often than helpful.

[1] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ.html
[2] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_german.html
[3] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_brazilian.html
[4] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_chinese_simp.html
[5] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_chinese_trad.html

Ron Mayer wrote:
> I notice that the FAQs tend to give conflicting answers
> regarding the latest version of postgres; none of them
> matching the home page:
> "The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 8.3.3." [1]
> "Die neueste Version von PostgreSQL ist 8.2.5." [2]
> "A última versão do PostgreSQL é a versão 8.2.5." [3]
> "PostgreSQL 最新的版本是版本 8.2.1" [4]
> "PostgreSQL 最新的版本是版本 8.2.3" [5]
> 
> Do those reflect the last time the product was released
> in the corresponding languages?

no, they reflect what product was the latest whenever the FAQ was
updated, I think.


> If not, can whatever generates/publishes the website have some
> global search&replace for version numbers?

No, the FAQs should be changed into a pointer to the main website which
has the up-to-date information. There is no point in duplicating the
information - it will just lead to further mistakes just like these.

//Magnus