| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, pgsql-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Removal of backward-compatibility docs mentions |
| Date: | 2006-03-20 23:03:10 |
| Message-ID: | 200603202303.k2KN3Ak07589@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> writes:
> > I don't think it's a net win to get rid of this text, as it describes
> > useful alternatives to the GUC variable:
>
> I was about to object to some other parts of the patch on the same
> grounds, in particular the changes to ddl.sgml and maintenance.sgml,
> and the first change in xfunc.sgml. In most of these cases,
> currently-useful information is intertwined with the reference to the
> old behavior. If you can't be bothered to rewrite to preserve all of
> the information, then don't remove the text.
I am working on Neils suggestion. I don't agree we need to preserve all
information about very old releases.
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