Installation instructions vs binaries

It's kind of strange that if you start your PostgreSQL journey by reading our instructions, you get nothing useful about installing PostgreSQL from binary packages other than "go ask somebody else about it". Yet we have pretty good step by step instructions on our *website* for it. Attached patch

Re: Installation instructions vs binaries

On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 4:13 AM Magnus Hagander wrote: > It's kind of strange that if you start your PostgreSQL journey by reading > our instructions, you get nothing useful about installing PostgreSQL from > binary packages other than "go ask somebody else about it". Yet we have > pretty good st

Re: Installation instructions vs binaries

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 6:25 PM David G. Johnston < david.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 4:13 AM Magnus Hagander > wrote: > >> It's kind of strange that if you start your PostgreSQL journey by reading >> our instructions, you get nothing useful about installing PostgreSQL

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Magnus Hagander writes: > Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. How about like this? Isn't this pretty duplicative of d2511d713? regards, tom lane

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On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 4:06 PM Tom Lane wrote: > Magnus Hagander writes: > > Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. How about like this? > > Isn't this pretty duplicative of d2511d713? > Eh yes, I clearly missed that one -- that's what I get for forgetting to put it in the CF :) That said, I still t

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Magnus Hagander writes: > And I think Davids comment about repetitive language would apply to yours > as well, and should maybe be simplified there too? Per the discussion in the other thread, we concluded that being repetitive was the only way to be sure people would see the material at all. If

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On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 4:27 PM Tom Lane wrote: > Magnus Hagander writes: > > And I think Davids comment about repetitive language would apply to yours > > as well, and should maybe be simplified there too? > > Per the discussion in the other thread, we concluded that being repetitive > was the o

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Magnus Hagander writes: > I think we're talking about a different repetitiveness. If I apply Davids > suggestion to that patch, then instead of: > + > + If you are using a pre-packaged version > + of PostgreSQL, it may well have a specific > + convention for where to place the data direct

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On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 4:51 PM Tom Lane wrote: > Magnus Hagander writes: > > I think we're talking about a different repetitiveness. If I apply Davids > > suggestion to that patch, then instead of: > > > + > > + If you are using a pre-packaged version > > + of PostgreSQL, it may well have

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On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 8:05 AM Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 4:51 PM Tom Lane wrote: > >> Magnus Hagander writes: >> > I think we're talking about a different repetitiveness. If I apply >> Davids >> > suggestion to that patch, then instead of: >> >> > + >> > + If you are u

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> On 15 Sep 2020, at 02:43, David G. Johnston > wrote: > On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 8:05 AM Magnus Hagander > wrote: > That leaves just the part of adding the actual new chapter of my patch. PFA. > Thoughts on that? +1 on this version of the patch. It seems a bit odd

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On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 1:58 PM Daniel Gustafsson wrote: > > On 15 Sep 2020, at 02:43, David G. Johnston > wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 8:05 AM Magnus Hagander > wrote: > > > That leaves just the part of adding the actual new chapter of my patch. > PFA. Thoughts

Re: Installation instructions vs binaries

Magnus, [offline] Does this resolve the 2020-11 commitfest entry? https://commitfest.postgresql.org/30/2726/ David J. On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 5:21 AM Magnus Hagander wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 1:58 PM Daniel Gustafsson wrote: > >> > On 15 Sep 2020, at 02:43, David G. Johnston >> wr

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Sorry, not offline but not a big deal... On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 8:40 AM David G. Johnston < david.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote: > Magnus, > > [offline] > >

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Ah, yes it does. Thanks -- will close. //Magnus On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 5:40 PM David G. Johnston < david.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote: > Magnus, > > [offline] > > Does this resolve the 2020-11 commitfest entry? > > https://commitfest.postgresql.org/30/2726/ > > David J. > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 a