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 9C53ED1DACD for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 18:17:51 +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 12700-09 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 14:17:45 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (unknown [192.204.191.242]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 592D1D1B530 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 14:17:43 -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 i29IGxO1027188; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:16:59 -0500 (EST) To: Bruce Momjian Cc: Peter Eisentraut , PostgreSQL-documentation , "Marc G. Fournier" Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml Makefile In-reply-to: <200403091813.i29ID1427492@candle.pha.pa.us> References: <200403091813.i29ID1427492@candle.pha.pa.us> Comments: In-reply-to Bruce Momjian message dated "Tue, 09 Mar 2004 13:13:01 -0500" Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 13:16:58 -0500 Message-ID: <27187.1078856218@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200403/20 X-Sequence-Number: 2310 Bruce Momjian writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> 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. > Actually, recent releases had a current HISTORY before beta started. > However, if they are downloading the beta tarballs, the HISTORY/INSTALL > files are already generated. It would only be useful for CVS pulls > during beta though. The other point is: how plausible is it really that someone testing CVS pulls would not find it convenient to read these docs from the website? They've got to have net access to do the pull in the first place. regards, tom lane