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

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
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 23:13:36
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0103200010570.5764-100000@peter.localdomain
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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.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/

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