Re: postgresql 7.1

But there is a bit of a difference between a book, such as Bruce's, and the
"manuals" such as the online documentation. For a published book on
software to be successful, a lot of the print is used to explain the syntax
and concepts and give examples. A lot of time manuals are too cold.. Good
for reference, but not always good for reading. I never read any of the
online doc from start to finish. I go to the points and read what I need to
for the monument.. Bruce's I read from cover to cover, so to say.

It could be just me, but the online docs are more references... books like
Bruce's do more to teach.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: "Tim Uckun" <tim(at)diligence(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] postgresql 7.1

> Tim Uckun writes:
>
> > Here is another idea have the book in a CVS like software. This way just
> > like software the documentation can be worked on by many people, some
> > people have write access and get to approve and proofread before it
gets
> > posted. Everybody can just grab the latest snapshot of the doc.
>
> We already have that. It's the documentation that gets shipped with
> PostgreSQL releases. I'd rather have people people contribute to that
> free source of documentation than wonder about when the book comes out.
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/