Re: QUERY - Including the new LDP PostgreSQL HOWTO in the main PostgreSQL distribution

> Hi all,
>
> We've had the go-ahead from the Linux Documentation Project (LDP) guys
> to create a new PostgreSQL HOW-TO for a while now. I was going to start
> it off just to make sure we had something, so that it could be put
> around instead of Al Dev's Database Guide (the bad one).
>
> Well, I haven't had time. Here's my thought, I'd like to know what
> people think.
>
> - How about we create a new PostgreSQL HOW-TO, have it as part of the
> main distribution, and have that be the one which the LDP guys use?
>
> They use DocBook format, as do we, and I feel this will allow us to keep
> a very in-sync relationship between the new PostgreSQL HOW-TO and the
> present version.
>
> It also means that no one person has total control of it, and it can be
> contributed to by anyone that has a suggestion and/or can generate a
> diff.

I always wondered how a HOTTO differs from an FAQ or the existing docs.

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