| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-docs(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Viability of text HISTORY/INSTALL/regression README files (was Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Document a few more regression test hazards.) |
| Date: | 2014-02-08 01:48:24 |
| Message-ID: | 52F58CE8.4090902@gmx.net |
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On 2/3/14, 8:48 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> That's a very fair question. It's a reasonable bet that pretty much
> nobody actually looks at the text versions of either HISTORY or
> regress_README anymore. It's conceivable that somebody somewhere makes
> use of the text version of INSTALL when trying to get PG going on some
> bare-bones platform ... but really, can't they look it up on the net?
> How'd they get the PG sources they're installing, anyway?
I think having an INSTALL file is good form, and it costs us little to
maintain it.
The other files could be removed, IMO.
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