From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Rafael Martinez <r(dot)m(dot)guerrero(at)usit(dot)uio(dot)no>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Documentation and explanatory diagrams |
Date: | 2010-06-30 23:23:01 |
Message-ID: | 201006302323.o5UNN2L05846@momjian.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > Rafael Martinez wrote:
> >> I am sending you a proposal with 13 diagrams to include in the manual so
> >> we can get an idea of how it will be. If it gets approved I will spend
> >> more time creating and including other diagrams and improving the build
> >> process for including figures into the manual.
>
> > Great!
>
> Where are the DIA sources for these? It's impossible to evaluate how
> maintainable these will be without seeing the source code.
OK, I put the dia sources online:
http://momjian.us/expire/pgsql-docs/dia/
They are XML files.
> > Also, there are two images that need to be updated for every major
> > release; is that something we want to commit to doing?
>
> -1 on that. The timeline thing is *certainly* not worth the maintenance
> effort, if indeed it even belongs in the docs at all (it looks more like
> marketing material). I think the lines-of-code diagram is not worth its
> keep either.
Sure, I can remove them, unless someone else wants to argue for their
inclusion.
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