Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pMbWh-0005rv-N5 for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:17:19 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pMbWg-0004LB-F4 for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:17:18 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pMbWg-0004Kc-6G for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:17:18 +0000 Received: from momjian.us ([72.94.173.45]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pMbWd-0005zK-NB for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:17:17 +0000 Received: from bruce by momjian.us with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1pMbWc-00Gwzx-4g; Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:17:14 -0500 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:17:14 -0500 From: Bruce Momjian To: Tom Lane Cc: t.kitynski@gmail.com, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: Suggestion for deprecated spellings Message-ID: References: <167473556945.2667294.2003897901995802549@wrigleys.postgresql.org> <888259.1675112866@sss.pgh.pa.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <888259.1675112866@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 04:07:46PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 12:19:29PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > >> From time to time some spelling for given command gets obsolete, yet it is > >> shown in the syntax on "equal rights" as other valid clauses. > > > We don't need to show all _supported_ syntaxes in the "Synopsis" > > section, so we could just remove them. > > IIRC, there is precedent in COPY for moving obsolete alternatives > to a separate part of the man page. I'd prefer that to just > removing them, because then there is no documentation to help > someone understand what an old SQL script is doing. Yeah, I remember that with COPY. t.kitynski@gmail.com, please us that as a guide. Thanks. -- Bruce Momjian https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Embrace your flaws. They make you human, rather than perfect, which you will never be.