Re: [GENERAL] Re: QUERY - Including the new LDP PostgreSQL HOWTO in the main PostgreSQL distribution

Yasuo Ohgaki <yasuo_ohgaki@hotmail.com>

From: "Yasuo Ohgaki" <yasuo_ohgaki@hotmail.com>
To: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, "Justin Clift" <justin@postgresql.org>
Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>, <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-07-09T13:23:18Z
Lists: pgsql-general
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We've had the go-ahead from the Linux Documentation Project (LDP) guys
> > to create a new PostgreSQL HOW-TO for a while now.  I was going to start
> > it off just to make sure we had something, so that it could be put
> > around instead of Al Dev's Database Guide (the bad one).
*SNIP*
>
> I always wondered how a HOWTO differs from an FAQ or the existing docs.

I  think
 - HOWTO: Simpler documents that describe how to set sysmtems up and use.
 - FAQ: Documents that list question and answer for subjects.
 - Other: Books/Articles/Manuals/References describe subjects in detail and much
longer than HOWTO. (?)

For a long time, I thougt HOWTO is docuement for "quick start". Isn't it?

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Ohgaki, Yasuo
Mail: yohgaki@dd.iij4u.or.jp