| From: | Andrew McMillan <Andrew(at)catalyst(dot)net(dot)nz> |
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| To: | Chris Bitmead <chrisb(at)nimrod(dot)itg(dot)telstra(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Oliver Elphick <Oliver(dot)Elphick(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Slashdot discussion |
| Date: | 2000-07-12 00:48:49 |
| Message-ID: | 396BC071.514AA134@catalyst.net.nz |
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Chris Bitmead wrote:
>
> Oliver Elphick wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure that there's much use in putting this in the INSTALL; any
> > Debian user ought to know it any case,
>
> The first rule of documentation: Don't assume what the user knows. It's
> a one-liner to tell them, so just do it.
As a Debian user I'm afraid I'd have to agree with Oliver on this - the
tools for installing / removing / purging Debian packages are there.
The documentation for them is there. If a person is using Debian and
has managed to install PostgreSQL then they know how to remove it or
purge it - it doesn't (in this case) belong in the PostgreSQL
documentation.
Cheers,
Andrew.
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