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Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:56:27 -0800
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Subject: Re: 8.4 doc bug for "Incrementally Updated Backups"
From: Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@gmail.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
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On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 04:26:48PM -0800, Jeff Janes wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>> >
>> > We don't assume people are reading docs from very old versions.
>> >
>>
>> Even if that is the version they are using?  It is, after all, still
>> under maintenance,
>
> There are three options for doc patches:
>
> 1.  patch only git head, meaning the next major release
> 2.  do #1, plus the most recent major released version, e.g. 9.2.X
> 3.  #1, #2, and all major supported released versions
>
> In general, #1 is normally for wording clarifications, #2 is for usage
> clarifications, and #3 is to correct mistakes.  Not sure I follow that
> 100%, but that is what I normally do.
>
> Is that process good?  Did I not follow it?

It was removed from 9.0 because it was considered to be unreliable.  I
think that unreliable advice about taking backups is a mistake, so it
should have followed path #3.  I guess it is also clarification, but a
pretty major one.

Cheers,

Jeff


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