X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D904D1B8C8; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 18:03:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 60155-02; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:02:26 -0400 (AST) Received: from bramble.mmrd.com (unknown [65.217.53.66]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0FABD1B442; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:02:22 -0400 (AST) Received: from thorn.mmrd.com (thorn.mmrd.com [172.25.10.100]) by bramble.mmrd.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hBIHFbcM011499; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:15:37 -0500 Received: from gnvex001.mmrd.com (gnvex001.mmrd.com [192.168.3.55]) by thorn.mmrd.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hBII2Hl08311; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:02:17 -0500 Received: from camel.mmrd.com ([172.25.5.213]) by gnvex001.mmrd.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id XT877PZ2; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:02:14 -0500 Subject: Re: Outdated docs on techdocs From: Robert Treat To: "Marc G. Fournier" Cc: David Fetter , PostgreSQL WWW In-Reply-To: <20031218133023.X3016@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20031218162658.GJ19694@fetter.org> <1071765850.25090.8647.camel@camel> <20031218165349.GL19694@fetter.org> <20031218133023.X3016@ganymede.hub.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 18 Dec 2003 13:02:16 -0500 Message-Id: <1071770536.8935.8726.camel@camel> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200312/126 X-Sequence-Number: 3186 On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 12:31, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, David Fetter wrote: > > > I see we need to grasp a nettle here. How many versions can the > > community support? Even 7.3 is starting to look a little long in the > > tooth... > > If its a matter of existing docs for older versions, IMHO, unlimited ... > I think I'm parroting Marc here... if the text is already written, why not keep it around? We just need to clearly mark it as older information. If you want to write something new then as far as I am concerned you can write for the most recent brand new version and to heck with the older cruft :-) Robert Treat -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL