Re: [DOCS] Re: [HACKERS] Outline for PostgreSQL book
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>, PostgreSQL-documentation <docs@postgreSQL.org>, Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
Date: 1999-10-13T00:03:47Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> > On 12-Oct-99 Bruce Momjian wrote: > >> It looks good; I have a comment on the order of chapters, however. > >> > >> I suggest that Installlation goes in an Appendix. More and more, people > >> will be coming to machines that already have software installed, or have > >> them installed as packages (.rpm or .deb). > > > >> > >> Installation is the administrator's job, and not of interest to `normal' > >> users, so it should not be placed in the book as if every user had to do > >> it. > > > > Done. Certainly better to get that at the end. That chapter is going > > to be a mess to look at. > > It doesn't have to be a mess. > Frankly, if I can get away with having whole sections that point to URL files, so much the better. If I can just point them to the INSTALL file, and be done with it, great. -- Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026