From: | Peter Mount <petermount(at)it(dot)maidstone(dot)gov(dot)uk> |
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To: | "'Bruce Momjian'" <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-documentation <docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | RE: [DOCS] Re: [HACKERS] Outline for PostgreSQL book |
Date: | 1999-10-13 13:07:34 |
Message-ID: | 1B3D5E532D18D311861A00600865478C25E6D8@exchange1.nt.maidstone.gov.uk |
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500 pages isn't that much once you start rambling... I have an internal
document here that's already passed the 100 page mark, and it has hardly
anything in it - well it's about NT so it's not worth much any how ;-)
Peter
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Peter Mount
Enterprise Support
Maidstone Borough Council
Any views stated are my own, and not those of Maidstone Borough Council.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us]
Sent: 13 October 1999 13:51
To: Peter Eisentraut
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation; PostgreSQL-development
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Re: [HACKERS] Outline for PostgreSQL book
> On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Not sure how to merge current documentation into it. I would like
to
> > point them to URL locations as much as possible. I thought if I
give
> > them enough to get started, and to understand how the current docs
fit
> > together, that would be good.
>
> Personally, I always think that computer books that point you to URLs
to
> get the complete information are less than desirable. The very point
of
> reading the book is that you don't have to get up to your computer all
the
> time. Books should be self-contained and add to the existing
documentation
> since otherwise I won't need it.
>
> Also, think about the fact that the online documentation might change
more
> quickly than a book is published. In a magazine you can do that, but
in a
> book that's questionable. I have a few books that are only about two
years
> old and the information in them is still very valid, but the URLs with
all
> the examples and all don't work anymore. Who knows why, I don't have
the
> time to find out.
>
I just don't want to produce a 500 page book to cover these topics.
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