Re: [HACKERS] src/test/regress/README duplicates SGML material

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-docs(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] src/test/regress/README duplicates SGML material
Date: 2001-03-19 23:08:37
Message-ID: 7894.985043317@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> Is it really necessary to maintain identical text in the test README
>> file and in the SGML docs? I'm sorely tempted to remove the README
>> rather than double-editing yet again.

> It's referenced from the INSTALL file, because people presumably won't be
> able to read the HTML during installation. Actually, the README was once
> generated from the HTML version. It can be done again, but the exact
> process it kind of hazy.

If you've got any hints, I could really use a clue right about now ...
otherwise I'll have to do these LOCALE edits twice ...

regards, tom lane

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