Re: Link missing in the 14 release notes

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Euler Taveira <euler(at)eulerto(dot)com>, "Daniel Westermann (DWE)" <daniel(dot)westermann(at)dbi-services(dot)com>, "pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Link missing in the 14 release notes
Date: 2021-07-02 01:35:17
Message-ID: 20210702013517.GF3618@momjian.us
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On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 05:46:16PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> * Euler Taveira (euler(at)eulerto(dot)com) wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 30, 2021, at 11:47 AM, Daniel Westermann (DWE) wrote:
> > > "Add predefined roles pg_read_all_data and pg_write_all_data (Stephen Frost)
> > >
> > > These non-login roles can be used to give read or write permission to all tables, views, and sequences."
> > >
> > > pg_read_all_data links to "Predefined roles", pg_write_all_data does not. Is that on purpose? At least it looks strange.
> > It seems so. Once you click on the link, you will notice that pg_write_all_data
> > is there too. Role names are similar to make the reader suspect that both
> > descriptions will be on the same page.
>
> I tend to agree that it'd make sense to have them both as links.
>
> I've CC'd Bruce to make sure he sees this discussion.

I normally link to only the _first_ mention of something, and since they
are both in the same section, I didn't add a link for the second one.
Adding a second link might suggest that there is more information
available, even though the coarseness of our links means that section is
the same.

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