X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3547FD1BA8F for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:30:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19222-05 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 20:30:03 -0400 (AST) Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [207.106.42.251]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79A4AD1BAC8 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 20:29:58 -0400 (AST) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id i2A0Ttx15352; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 19:29:55 -0500 (EST) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200403100029.i2A0Ttx15352@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: HISTORY, INSTALL, README.CVS In-Reply-To: <200403092026.02842.peter_e@gmx.net> To: Peter Eisentraut Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 19:29:55 -0500 (EST) Cc: Tom Lane , PostgreSQL-documentation , "Marc G. Fournier" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL108 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200403/40 X-Sequence-Number: 2330 Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > One idea would be to replace file content with a single URL that > > points to the development docs, then when the tarball is built, it > > can overwrite those files. > > Please do not automatically overwrite files that are in CVS. That will > lead to trouble. An alternative, which is actually in quite common > use, is to simply provide a file README.cvs that explains various > things about dealing with a CVS check out tree. When you make a > tarball, you simply delete the file. OK, I have removed HISTORY and INSTALL from CVS, and added a README.CVS which contains URL's to that content. Marc, would you modify your tar build script to remove README.CVS from the tar file? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073