Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:19:15 -0400
From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, decibel@decibel.org,
	pgsql-www@postgresql.org, Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>
Subject: Re: Advocacy wiki
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Greg Smith added to Cc:

Dave Page wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> Dave Page wrote:
>>> No, stuff for end users was specifically excluded from the wiki from the 
>>> outset - and that should remain the case. We don't want 'unofficial' docs 
>>> springing up all over the place - that's what techdocs is for.
>> Doesn't that ring the bell that maybe techdocs is not as great as we
>> think?  If people are desperately looking at alternatives, that may mean
>> something.  What is it?
>
> Afaik there are no outstanding bugs or feature requests with Techdocs - 
> however it does require moderation before docs are published. Perhaps thats 
> what people are trying to avoid?

Maybe people don't _realize_ that techdocs is "a wiki", with on-line
editability and all.  Why else would be Greg Smith resisting moving his
MySQL doc to it right away?

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