Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45B1E2E0266 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 01:57:26 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 43071-01-6 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 01:57:22 -0400 (AST) Received: from momjian.us (momjian.us [70.90.9.53]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A10372E2D5B for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 01:30:59 -0400 (AST) Received: (from bruce@localhost) by momjian.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id m115UvY23070; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 00:30:57 -0500 (EST) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200802010530.m115UvY23070@momjian.us> Subject: Re: Lack of docs for libpq C Library In-Reply-To: <18010.1201843790@sss.pgh.pa.us> To: Tom Lane Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 00:30:57 -0500 (EST) CC: "Joshua D. Drake" , Alvaro Herrera , Pavel Golub , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL124 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200802/5 X-Sequence-Number: 4799 Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > Tom Lane wrote: > >> The main problem with using the link as it stands is that it is *highly* > >> unlikely that it will remain valid for the lifespan of the PG 8.3 > >> documentation (let alone subsequent versions). I've been dealing with > > > Did you see Alvaro's archive.org URL that showed it was the same in > > September, 2006? > > Yeah, which means its half-life is about gone, in my experience. OK, you used to work for HP so you certainly know more than I do. Should I use archive.org instead? -- Bruce Momjian http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +