Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml Makefile

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml Makefile
Date: 2004-03-09 19:26:02
Message-ID: 200403092026.02842.peter_e@gmx.net
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> One idea would be to replace file content with a single URL that
> points to the development docs, then when the tarball is built, it
> can overwrite those files.

Please do not automatically overwrite files that are in CVS. That will
lead to trouble. An alternative, which is actually in quite common
use, is to simply provide a file README.cvs that explains various
things about dealing with a CVS check out tree. When you make a
tarball, you simply delete the file.

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