Re: Release note bloat is getting out of hand

From: Marko Tiikkaja <marko(at)joh(dot)to>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Release note bloat is getting out of hand
Date: 2015-02-03 15:11:57
Message-ID: 54D0E53D.7030106@joh.to
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On 2/3/15 4:04 PM, David Fetter wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 08:56:19PM -0000, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
>> Robert Haas wrote:
>>> but there are times when it's easier to find out what release
>>> introduced a feature by looking at the release notes, and it's
>>> certainly more useful if you want to send a link to someone who
>>> is not git-aware illustrating the results of your search.
>>>
>>> Well, maybe I'm the only one who is doing this and it's not worth
>>> worrying about it just for me. But I do it, all the same.
>>
>> I do this *all the time*. Please don't mess with the release notes.
>> Except to put them all on one page for easy searching. That would
>> be awesome.
>
> Truly awesome. When supporting older versions, being able to find
> precisely when a feature was introduced in a single search through a
> file, or "find in page," for those using web browsers, would really
> smooth off some burrs.

And now that we're on the subject of ponies, it would be nice if the
relevant git hashes were included as well.

.m

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