Re: Installation instructions vs binaries

Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> I think we're talking about a different repetitiveness. If I apply Davids
> suggestion to that patch, then instead of:

> + <para>
> + If you are using a pre-packaged version
> + of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, it may well have a specific
> + convention for where to place the data directory, and it may also
> + provide a script for creating the data directory. In that case you

> It would say something like
> Pre-packaged versions of PostgreSQL may have a specific convention....
> (rest unchanged).

[ shrug... ] Well, I wrote that text, so naturally I like it the way
it is ;-). Perhaps a neutral observer would like the shorter version
better, not sure. But I think pluralizing "versions" is going to make
it harder to construct the rest of the sentence non-ambiguously.
You really only want to be talking about one data directory location
and one wrapper script.

regards, tom lane