Re: cvs chapters in our docs

On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 16:38, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
>> Robert Haas wrote:
>>> I have to say I'm not really impressed by the idea of removing things
>>> from our documentation and replacing them with pages on the wiki.  The
>>> documentation is better-written and easier to navigate.
>
>> I agree in general, but information about version control isn't really
>> part of the product. For example, if we switch from CVS to Git, and
>> decide to pull the plug on the CVS server (hypotethically; in reality
>> I'm sure we'd leave the CVS server around for historical purposes), the
>> information becomes obsolete.
>
> If our docs are supposed to cover only information that's not subject
> to change, they'll become quite short.  I agree with Robert that moving
> the info from the SGML docs to the wiki isn't an improvement.

I assume you are fine with the addition of some info about git, but
what about the removal of those two chapters suggested?

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