X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C24C4D1B182 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:30:58 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15276-07 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:30:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DA74D1B179 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:30:46 -0300 (ADT) 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 i6NKUeZi027774; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:30:40 -0400 (EDT) To: David Fetter Cc: Peter Eisentraut , Robert Treat , Joe Conway , elein , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Tutorial In-reply-to: <20040723193413.GW7751@fetter.org> References: <20040722222104.GU7751@fetter.org> <200407222240.45890.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> <15070.1090552467@sss.pgh.pa.us> <200407230903.30389.peter_e@gmx.net> <20040723185146.GV7751@fetter.org> <27387.1090611107@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20040723193413.GW7751@fetter.org> Comments: In-reply-to David Fetter message dated "Fri, 23 Jul 2004 12:34:13 -0700" Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:30:40 -0400 Message-ID: <27773.1090614640@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200407/27 X-Sequence-Number: 2435 David Fetter writes: > I don't consider the concept broken. The implementation is, in fact, > broken, and putting that broken piece in the tutorial is, imnsho, a > bad mistake. If we're going to remove from the tutorial every feature for which any aspect is deemed by someone to be broken, the tutorial is liable to become quite short. regards, tom lane