Re: [DOCS] Doc fixes and improvements

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>
Cc: rod(at)iol(dot)ie, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, PostgreSQL www <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Doc fixes and improvements
Date: 2010-09-14 16:37:11
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On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> wrote:
> On 14 September 2010 17:16, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> wrote:
>>> I think a consensus needs to be reached on what you guys want
>>> changing.  Implementing changes isn't a problem, it's what changes
>>> should be implemented.  Whatever is decided, it needs to be easy to
>>> visually scan the page and its sections, clean and consistent.
>>
>> It seems like you're giving up just when we've just about got
>> consensus.  Please don't.
>
> No, not at all.  :)  I'm just suggesting that rather than people
> making a suggestion, and me going ahead and putting that change in
> straight away (like I have been doing), it should have the support of
> more than a single person first, otherwise there'll be lots of
> tweaking and un-tweaking without any real agreement.
>
> If you wish to go ahead with what we've currently got, I'll create
> another patch for Magnus to stage, otherwise what requires changing
> needs to be decided.

Oh, OK. Well, +1 for pushing live what's currently at:

http://pgweb.darkixion.com:8081/docs/8.4/static/sql-syntax-lexical.html

It's probably not perfect, but I think it's better than what we have
now, and that's sufficient. Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise Postgres Company

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