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Re: Draft release notes complete

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2012-09-06T01:25:35Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Commits

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  1. Expose track_iotiming information via pg_stat_statements.

  2. Rewrite GiST support code for rangetypes.

  3. Clean up a couple of box gist helper functions.

  4. Replace the "New Linear" GiST split algorithm for boxes and points with a

On Wed, Sep  5, 2012 at 09:56:32PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Excerpts from Tom Lane's message of mié sep 05 20:24:08 -0300 2012:
> > Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> > > The only reason there is a significant delay is that the administrators 
> > > have chosen not to run the process more than once every 4 hours. That's 
> > > a choice not dictated by the process they are using, but by other 
> > > considerations concerning the machine it's being run on. Since I am not 
> > > one of the admins and don't really want to take responsibility for it I 
> > > am not going to second guess them. On the very rare occasions when I 
> > > absolutely have to have the totally up to date docs I build them myself 
> > > - it takes about 60 seconds on my modest hardware.
> > 
> > I think the argument for having a quick docs build service is not about
> > the time needed, but the need to have all the appropriate tools
> > installed.  While I can understand that argument for J Random Hacker,
> > I'm mystified why Bruce doesn't seem to have bothered to get a working
> > SGML toolset installed.  It's not like editing the docs is a one-shot
> > task for him.
> 
> As far as I understand, Bruce's concern is not about seeing the docs
> built himself, but having an HTML copy published somewhere that he can
> point people to, after applying some patch.  To me, that's a perfectly
> legitimate reason to want to have them quickly.

Correct.  I have always had a working SGML toolset.  If we are not going
to have the developer site run more often, I will just go back to
setting up my own public doc build, like I used to do.  I removed mine
when the official one was more current/reliable --- if that has changed,
I will return to my old setup, and publish my own URL for users to
verify doc changes.

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