Re: Add PostgreSQL home page to --help output

Sounds like a fine idea. But personally I would prefer it without the <>
around the it, just a url on a line by itself. I think it would be clearer,
look cleaner, and be easier to select to copy/paste elsewhere.

On Tue., Feb. 11, 2020, 02:42 Peter Eisentraut, <
peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:

> Example:
>
> initdb --help
> ...
> Report bugs to <pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>.
> PostgreSQL home page: <https://www.postgresql.org/>
>
> I think this is useful. You see this nowadays in other packages as
> well. See also
> <https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#g_t_002d_002dhelp>
> for a reference.
>
> Autoconf already has a way to register the package home page and
> propagate it, so I used that. That also makes it easier to change it
> (see http: -> https:) or have third parties substitute their own contact
> information without destroying translations.
>
> While at it, I also did the same refactoring for the bug reporting
> address (which was also recently changed, so this is a bit late, but who
> knows what the future holds).
>
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