Re: On-line docs for PG 8.1 need updating

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-www-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-www-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Michael
> Glaesemann
> Sent: 07 November 2005 02:04
> To: Neil Conway
> Cc: Magnus Hagander; Tom Lane; Dave Page; PostgreSQL WWW Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] On-line docs for PG 8.1 need updating
>
>
> On Nov 7, 2005, at 6:46 , Neil Conway wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2005-06-11 at 22:37 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >> That's intentional, it's scheduled to go up along with the press
> >> release
> >> and related info once the release is done.
> >
> > What is the reasoning for this? IMHO for future releases it
> would be a
> > better idea to make the beta documentation a part of the main
> > website's
> > list of documentation at about the same time the first beta is
> > released.
> > That would make the documentation easier to find and would also
> > encourage more people to use the beta.
>
> I agree with your points. One reservation I have is that
> people might
> be more likely to run a beta in a production environment.
> Nowadays it
> seems increasingly common for projects to release betas for
> widespread circulation. I don't know if this is something
> that should
> be encouraged for PostgreSQL. I'd hate to see people get a bad
> impression of PostgreSQL because a beta screws up their data.
> Putting
> it on the top page might lend it more credibility and lead people to
> trust it in environments they shouldn't--even though PostgreSQL
> hackers are very clear that beta should not be used in production.
>
> I'd guess these things are better discussed on -advocacy.

Probably not - It's me that does the job, and if you discuss it there it
won't make any difference as I won't see it :-)

Regards, Dave.