From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: QUERY - Including the new LDP PostgreSQL HOWTO in the main PostgreSQL distribution
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:31:16 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <200107091231.f69CVGk16384@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3B49334C.86984B29@postgresql.org>
> Hi all,
>
> We've had the go-ahead from the Linux Documentation Project (LDP) guys
> to create a new PostgreSQL HOW-TO for a while now. I was going to start
> it off just to make sure we had something, so that it could be put
> around instead of Al Dev's Database Guide (the bad one).
>
> Well, I haven't had time. Here's my thought, I'd like to know what
> people think.
>
> - How about we create a new PostgreSQL HOW-TO, have it as part of the
> main distribution, and have that be the one which the LDP guys use?
>
> They use DocBook format, as do we, and I feel this will allow us to keep
> a very in-sync relationship between the new PostgreSQL HOW-TO and the
> present version.
>
> It also means that no one person has total control of it, and it can be
> contributed to by anyone that has a suggestion and/or can generate a
> diff.
I always wondered how a HOTTO differs from an FAQ or the existing docs.
--
Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us
pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000
+ If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue
+ Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
reply via email
To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Cc: pgman@candle.pha.pa.us, justin@postgresql.org, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: QUERY - Including the new LDP PostgreSQL HOWTO in the main PostgreSQL distribution
In-Reply-To: <200107091231.f69CVGk16384@candle.pha.pa.us>
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
This inbox is served by DDX for PostgreSQL; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox