Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E82AC2E2A35 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:01:51 -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 76326-05 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:01:46 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E516D2E2DEF for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:01:45 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m0VH1ftU009473; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:01:41 -0500 (EST) To: Bruce Momjian cc: Alvaro Herrera , Pavel Golub , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Lack of docs for libpq C Library In-reply-to: <200801311644.m0VGirV18833@momjian.us> References: <200801311644.m0VGirV18833@momjian.us> Comments: In-reply-to Bruce Momjian message dated "Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:44:53 -0500" Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:01:41 -0500 Message-ID: <9472.1201798901@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200801/51 X-Sequence-Number: 4780 Bruce Momjian writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> PQinitSSL *is* documented, though looking at the para immediately raises >> the question what the heck we are doing pointing to a random hp.com page >> for SSL documentation. > I added that for 8.3. The HP documentation seemed excellent, which is > why I added it. The question is not about whether that doc is good, bad, or indifferent; it is about the likely lifespan of the URL. A URL containing mostly random numbers instead of words does not fill me with confidence. Furthermore HP is hardly the authoritative reference on SSL. Can't we find an RFC or something? regards, tom lane