From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
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Subject: Re: Link t the souce code
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> writes:
> This text seems to work fine for released versions, but not very well
> for development, because it says this:

True.

> 3. add a separate paragraph that says to obtain the source from the
> other dir if it's the development one.
> I kinda prefer the last one, because then we could also suggest to use a
> Git repo instead of a tarball, which I suppose is the best option anyway.

Yeah.  There is text mentioning the git repo further down, but it's
hardly prominent.  We should move it up and recommend that as the
best thing for dev work.

			regards, tom lane