Re: Add PostgreSQL home page to --help output

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, Greg Stark <stark@mit.edu>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-03-17T02:17:07Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 09:10:25PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2020-Mar-16, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> Actually, I prefer:
>> 
>> 	Report bugs  mailto:pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
>> 	PostgreSQL website  https://www.postgresql.org/
> 
> Hmm, pasting mailto into the browser address bar doesn't work for me ...
> it just goes to the lists.postgresql.org website (Brave) or sits there
> doing nothing (Firefox).  I was excited there for a minute.

Pasting "mailto:pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org" to Firefox 74.0 pops
up for me a window asking to choose an application able to send an
email.  For example, with mutt, this would begin generating an email
sent to the address pasted.

> If we're talking personal preference, I like the current output.

No strong opinion about one or the other.
--
Michael

Commits

  1. Add PostgreSQL home page to --help output

  2. Refer to bug report address by symbol rather than hardcoding