From: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Jürgen Purtz <juergen(at)purtz(dot)de> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Additional Chapter for Tutorial |
Date: | 2020-10-26 14:53:43 |
Message-ID: | CAKFQuwbtReW3dBO0HmZCb8rF4z-w+oFt24nPko8pbAk4Y2VWEw@mail.gmail.com |
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Removing -docs as moderation won’t let me cross-post.
On Monday, October 26, 2020, David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:
> On Monday, October 26, 2020, Jürgen Purtz <juergen(at)purtz(dot)de> wrote:
>
>> On 21.10.20 22:33, David G. Johnston wrote:
>>
>>
>> Two, I find the amount of detail being provided here to be on the
>> too-much side. A bit more judicious use of links into the appropriate
>> detail chapters seems warranted.
>>
>> The patch is intended to give every interested person an overall
>> impression of the chapter within its new position. Because it has moved
>> from part 'Tutorial' to 'Internals' the text should be very accurate
>> concerning technical issues - like all the other chapters in this part. A
>> tutorial chapter has a more superficial nature.
>>
> Haven’t reviewed the patches yet but...
>
> I still think that my comment applies even with the move to internals.
> The value here is putting together a coherent narrative and making deeper
> implementation details accessible. If those details are already covered
> elsewhere in the documentation (not source code) links should be given
> serious consideration.
>
> David J.
>
>
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