Re: New developer papercut - Makefile references INSTALL

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Josef Šimánek <josef(dot)simanek(at)gmail(dot)com>, samay sharma <smilingsamay(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tim McNamara <tim(at)mcnamara(dot)nz>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: New developer papercut - Makefile references INSTALL
Date: 2022-03-08 17:19:34
Message-ID: CA+TgmoarR40AVGH6rqZSH=vsrOUsFm6=KqRYo4EPrUW82t19dg@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 5:51 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> > But taking a step back, who is the actual audience for this? Do we
> > *need* a link pointing directly there, or is it enough to just point
> > to "use the docs on the web"? We can't link to the incorrect version,
> > but can we just link to /docs/ and leave it at that?
>
> Well, it's people compiling from source, so I guess we can assume some
> amount of cluefulness? I think perhaps it'd be okay to say "go here
> and then navigate to the proper sub-page for your version".

It's kind of hard for me to imagine that not being enough for somebody.

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Robert Haas
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