Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Am Montag, 21. April 2008 schrieb Magnus Hagander: > > Agreed. I don't think we *ever* backpatch FAQ stuff, which is a > > clear indicator it's the later. > > Another thought: Would be still ship the FAQ in the release tarball? > That might be a bit weird if it is not maintained in the source code > repository. > > I think I consider the FAQ to be more of a web resource, to be read > before you install PostgreSQL, so the thought of not shipping the FAQ > doesn't bother me too much, but others might not like it.
That's what I was thinking, yes. We could/should include a reference to where it is, of course, but the content should be on the web. That also allows us to add an FAQ for a current release without people having to wait for the next release to actually get it... > > For reference, the developer FAQ (which really is a different thing, > > given the audience) now lives on the wiki at > > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Developer_FAQ. I'd like to hear what > > people think about that one, and get a "signoff" on if this should > > be the main location for it, thus removing it from CVS. > > Looks good to me. > > Actually, I expect that the Developer_FAQ will mostly disappear over > time and devolve to a list of links to other places in the wiki, > eventually being merged with or replaced by the > Development_information page. Agreed - there's probably some duplication already. But moving it up there will let the people who want to expand on certain topic do that without having to flood bruce with patches. //Magnus -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers