From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <docs@postgreSQL.org>
Cc: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Re: [HACKERS] Outline for PostgreSQL book
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 20:55:59 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <XFMail.991012205559.vev@michvhf.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199910130003.UAA14654@candle.pha.pa.us>
On 13-Oct-99 Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>
>> On 12-Oct-99 Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> >> It looks good; I have a comment on the order of chapters, however.
>> >>
>> >> I suggest that Installlation goes in an Appendix. More and more, people
>> >> will be coming to machines that already have software installed, or have
>> >> them installed as packages (.rpm or .deb).
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Installation is the administrator's job, and not of interest to `normal'
>> >> users, so it should not be placed in the book as if every user had to do
>> >> it.
>> >
>> > Done. Certainly better to get that at the end. That chapter is going
>> > to be a mess to look at.
>>
>> It doesn't have to be a mess.
>>
>
> Frankly, if I can get away with having whole sections that point to URL
> files, so much the better. If I can just point them to the INSTALL
> file, and be done with it, great.
The installation can be quick and painless. I'll explain more tomorrow.
Vince.
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