Re: Movement of FAQ's

Dave Page wrote:
> Looks good to me - thanks!

Are you going to modify the pginstaller FAQ to remove mention of
building and point to the MinGW FAQ?

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>
> Regards, Dave.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us]
> > Sent: 14 October 2004 23:31
> > To: Dave Page
> > Cc: PostgreSQL www
> > Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Movement of FAQ's
> >
> >
> > I have updated the MinGW FAQ with a new heading and pointing
> > to the pginstaller FAQ:
> >
> >
> > Compiling PostgreSQL On Native Win32 FAQ
> >
> >
> > Last updated: Thu Oct 14 18:22:57 EDT 2004
> >
> > Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us)
> >
> > The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
> >
> > http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/project/win32.html.
> >
> > The FAQ for running PostgreSQL on native Win32 is at
> > http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/FAQ_windows.html.
> >
> > The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW
> > tools. There
> > is also a precompiled binary installer called
> > pginstaller which you can download from
> > http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller. It is a fully
> > native build and
> > uses no additional software like MinGW.
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > -------------
> >
> > Dave Page wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us]
> > > > Sent: 11 October 2004 16:03
> > > > To: Dave Page
> > > > Cc: PostgreSQL www
> > > > Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Movement of FAQ's
> > > >
> > > > Dave Page wrote:
> > > > > > Oh, no I didn't. Would you like to make adjustments to it
> > > > > > and/or FAQ_MINGW so they point to each other and
> > don't duplicate
> > > > > > information?
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm not entirely convinced that's the right answer. The
> > > > main concern
> > > > > is making things easy for the users - that's what I've
> > tried to do
> > > > > with the installer faq (which I now notice Magnus has been
> > > > editting!)
> > > > > by covering both installer specific stuff, and
> > > > non-installer specific;
> > > > > a kindof 1 stop shop for all Win32 faqs. I appreciate that we
> > > > > don't necessarily want the installer stuff in the main tree
> > > > > however. What about making the version in the tree a
> > subset of our
> > > > > one, simply covering the mingw/compiliation issues which I can
> > > > > include in one standalone section in our faq?
> > > >
> > > > Both FAQ's are going to change over time, I am sure. I see no
> > > > problem in giving them a web link to the FAQ_MINGW for
> > compilation
> > > > issues.
> > > > Having the Mingw outside our CVS doesn't make sense to me.
> > >
> > > No, and I don't think it should be outside. What I would
> > like to avoid
> > > if possible though, is having win32 problems split across different
> > > FAQs. Most end users won't care about whether something is
> > a Mingw or
> > > Installer issue and will just get frustrated if they cannot
> > find the
> > > info they need.
> > >
> > > I guess the best answer might be to clearly mark the Mingw FAQ as a
> > > diy-compilation FAQ, and include a link for 'normal' end
> > users to the
> > > installer FAQ in which we try to include all relevant q&a's.
> > >
> > > Regards, Dave.
> > >
> >
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