Received: from paprika.michvhf.com (paprika.michvhf.com [209.57.60.12]) by hub.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA96135 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 1999 20:55:55 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from vev@michvhf.com) Received: (qmail 6379 invoked by uid 1001); 13 Oct 1999 00:55:59 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199910130003.UAA14654@candle.pha.pa.us> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 20:55:59 -0400 (EDT) X-Face: *0^4Iw) To: Bruce Momjian Subject: Re: [DOCS] Re: [HACKERS] Outline for PostgreSQL book Cc: PostgreSQL-development , PostgreSQL-documentation , Oliver Elphick 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. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com flame-mail: /dev/null # include Have you seen http://www.pop4.net? Online Campground Directory http://www.camping-usa.com Online Giftshop Superstore http://www.cloudninegifts.com ==========================================================================