From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Improve initdb and pg_controldata manual pages |
Date: | 2011-03-09 16:08:58 |
Message-ID: | 201103091608.p29G8wC02127@momjian.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > Well, looking at the detailed option list, it looks fine:
>
> > -D directory
> > --pgdata=directory
>
> > It is only at the top where we see the problem because -D/--pgdata is a
> > required argument and there are necessary spaces because we are showing
> > both -D and --pgdata followed by a single argument. The original patch
> > creator added '=' to be consistent with the syntax used below.
>
> > The bottom line is that there are many doc cases where this is used:
>
> > -D directory
> > --pgdata directory
>
> > (no '='), so we should decide what we want in the docs.
>
> Right. I think it's fine if the syntax summary shows only those cases,
> especially if the detailed option list shows that "=" is possible too.
> What is important to me is that the summary not suggest illegal syntaxes
> to people.
Of course, the open question is do we prefer '=' to be used in the
detailed descriptions.
> > Does professionally produced documentation have as many inconsistencies?
>
> Hard to say. We have the problem that our docs were made by a lot of
> people over a long period of time, so inconsistencies are a fact of
> life. "Pro" documentation might be more consistent if it's written by a
> smaller group of people over a shorter period of time...
We probably have higher quality but lower consistency.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
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