| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Thoughts about the installation instructions |
| Date: | 2002-03-12 17:40:53 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0203121237160.760-100000@peter.localdomain |
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Tom Lane writes:
> The point of mentioning configuration issues in the usage docs is
> that usage is when people will *find out* that they misconfigured
> something. A link letting them know what they need to fix when they
> observe some particular problem is not out of place in the usage docs.
Yes, a link to the installation instructions is exactly what I'm
suggesting. Clearly these things belong into the installation
instructions at least. But I don't want to repeat the entire spiel about
the shared libperl everywhere PL/Perl is mentioned. Just say, if you
don't have have it, look into the installation instructions.
> Mumble. Certainly this could be a separate "book", but I strongly
> disagree with removing it from the standard documentation set. To
> my mind, the "integrated doc" *is* the standard documentation set and
> should contain everything.
OK.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net
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