X-Original-To: pgsql-committers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 190E1D1BC4D for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 18:01:05 +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 07054-09 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 14:01:00 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (unknown [192.204.191.242]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9F41D1BA8F for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 14:00:58 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i29I0qeN027012; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:00:53 -0500 (EST) To: Bruce Momjian Cc: Peter Eisentraut , pgsql-committers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml Makefile In-reply-to: <200403091751.i29HpiV24304@candle.pha.pa.us> References: <200403091751.i29HpiV24304@candle.pha.pa.us> Comments: In-reply-to Bruce Momjian message dated "Tue, 09 Mar 2004 12:51:44 -0500" Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 13:00:52 -0500 Message-ID: <27011.1078855252@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200403/104 X-Sequence-Number: 12569 Bruce Momjian writes: >> Peter Eisentraut writes: >>> A better approach for that would be to remove HISTORY from CVS and build >>> it only when the release tarball is made. > I think the only reason HISTORY and INSTALL are in CVS is because we > want people running CVS during beta to have changes docs and install > instructions that don't require them to pull down a new tarball each > time or read the docs via a web site. That argument seems a bit silly for HISTORY, seeing that it's generally not up-to-date during beta testing. As for INSTALL, those instructions don't change fast enough to surprise beta testers, so I'm not convinced about it either. regards, tom lane