| From: | "Henry B(dot) Hotz" <hotz(at)jpl(dot)nasa(dot)gov> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu (Thomas G(dot) Lockhart) |
| Cc: | hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Open 6.4 items |
| Date: | 1998-08-26 00:13:34 |
| Message-ID: | v0313032bb20902bf7d03@[137.78.218.94] |
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At 11:26 PM -0700 8/24/98, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> That is possible. But why are fundamental things like installation
>> instructions or release notes better left as flat files? Can't quite see
>
>OK. As long as we can generate flat too for those that can't use fancy
>stuff. Certainly it is better than flat files if both are available for
>novices trying to get started.
>
My $.02. Having just built a new server I like the fact that most packages
(gcc, apache, perl) have a top-level INSTALL and README file. They are
flat files so you can look at them before you have installed anything. I
like the convention.
More specifically you shouldn't have to install anything to read the
INSTALL file.
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