Re: found a very confusing and maybe outdated sentence

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Susanne Ebrecht <susanne(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: found a very confusing and maybe outdated sentence
Date: 2011-03-31 16:13:27
Message-ID: AANLkTi=wPAzABPi2DBW=dAjCn_jRjeKvcDEbujUFaUPb@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Susanne Ebrecht
<susanne(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It is in start.sgml. You can see it here:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/tutorial-accessdb.html
>
> The last two sentences on the page:
>
> " If PostgreSQL is installed correctly you can also
> type man psql at the operating system shell prompt
> to see the documentation. In this tutorial we will not
> use these features explicitly, but you can use them
> yourself when it is helpful."
>
> Isn't that totally outdated?
>
> Is "man" really working on Windows?
>
> Also the sentence says that the whole product isn't correct
> installed just because docs aren't installed. Which also isn't
> really true.
>
> Honesty, I just would like to drop the whole sentences.
>
> What do you think?

+1 for deleting the entire sentence.

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

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