Hi!
(Please continue this thread only on the internals list) >>>>> "Ken" == Ken Menzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ken> Hi Monty and Jeremy, >> We have been a bit reluctant to update the manual, as most of our >> users are still using 3.23 and could easily be confused by this. >> >> I think we should wait until 4.0 goes into beta before doing the Ken> update. Ken> If I may suggest, Could we have two manuals online then? One for Ken> 4.x, and one for version 3. I think that this would avoid confusion. Ken> Furthurmore, I will volunter some time from my web staff to help Ken> maintain this (I do understand it is almost double work to have two Ken> manuals online) if that would help any. I don't know if this is really necessary. As long as we are clearly marking the 4.0 features as such in the manual, we should be ok. Ken> With all the great stuff (or differences) in 4.0 that is not (or Ken> different) in 3.23.xx I feel it can already be confusing! IE Ken> (Referential integrity, Replication, Cascadining Deletes, UNIONS, Ken> FULLTEXT Features, Table to table UPDATE syntax, table details, Ken> security(SSH?), etc (long list!) ). Ken> MySQL 4.0.1 is running VERY well here, but I think it may be confusing Ken> even during the beta stage to have only the beta manual Ken> online/available for download. I think both should be there. Ken> The other suggestion would be to make the online manual only Ken> the -stable manual, I know how to build the manual for 4.0 from the Ken> source, but I personally like the idea of both the alpha/beta and the Ken> stable manual being available! You guy's are doing alot of great work Ken> it would be good to have it online ASAP! As the 4.0 manual includes a lot of new stuff, that is highly relevant also for 3.23, I don't think this is a good way to go either. Regards, Monty -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Mr. Michael Widenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ MySQL AB, CTO /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ Helsinki, Finland <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
