Re: 8.4 doc bug for "Incrementally Updated Backups"

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 01:17:18PM -0800, Jeff Janes wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 01:56:27PM -0800, Jeff Janes wrote:
> >> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 04:26:48PM -0800, Jeff Janes wrote:
> >> >> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > We don't assume people are reading docs from very old versions.
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Even if that is the version they are using? It is, after all, still
> >> >> under maintenance,
> >> >
> >> > There are three options for doc patches:
> >> >
> >> > 1. patch only git head, meaning the next major release
> >> > 2. do #1, plus the most recent major released version, e.g. 9.2.X
> >> > 3. #1, #2, and all major supported released versions
> >> >
> >> > In general, #1 is normally for wording clarifications, #2 is for usage
> >> > clarifications, and #3 is to correct mistakes. Not sure I follow that
> >> > 100%, but that is what I normally do.
> >> >
> >> > Is that process good? Did I not follow it?
> >>
> >> It was removed from 9.0 because it was considered to be unreliable. I
> >> think that unreliable advice about taking backups is a mistake, so it
> >> should have followed path #3. I guess it is also clarification, but a
> >> pretty major one.
> >
> > I checked just now and the unreliable advice does not appear in 8.4, so
> > it possible that in 2010 I checked and found it only applied back to
> > 9.0, or I might only have checked 9.0.
>
> The docs were re-arranged, so it is present but in a different place.
>
> Sorry, I should have included the URL in the first place (24.4.5) :
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/warm-standby.html

OK, removed from 8.3 and 8.4 docs. I was looking in the 9.0+ file for
that section.

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