| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: pgsql: Doc: remove some long-obsolete information from installation.sgm |
| Date: | 2019-09-06 14:25:41 |
| Message-ID: | ae456974-2b56-947f-123f-86cb0cb4ddc5@2ndquadrant.com |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-committers |
On 2019-09-06 15:37, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
>> Yeah, I suggest this:
>
>> - Also, this chapter does not describe the preferred way to install
>> - <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> on Microsoft
>> - Windows<phrase condition="standalone-ignore"> (for that, see
>> - <xref linkend="install-windows"/>)</phrase>.
>
> Also, I don't especially agree with removing that entirely: people should
> not have to read to near the end of the chapter to discover that they
> should have been reading some other chapter. How about something like
> "If you wish to use Microsoft's Visual Studio to build PostgreSQL, do not
> read this chapter; see Chapter 17 instead"?
That sounds good.
--
Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Robert Haas | 2019-09-06 14:48:08 | pgsql: Create an API for inserting and deleting rows in TOAST tables. |
| Previous Message | Peter Eisentraut | 2019-09-06 14:20:14 | Re: pgsql: Doc: remove some long-obsolete information from installation.sgm |