Re: PostgreSQL 7.2 on SlashDot

On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Lee Kindness wrote:

> Vince,
>
> Vince Vielhaber writes:
> > On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Lee Kindness wrote:
> > > It's a shame the website doesn't have the full info on it - i.e. the
> > > 7.2 documentation.
> > Considering I just got the go-ahead on the docs last nite, they'll be
> > there today. I'd rather the docs were delayed a few days than to put
> > something up that wasn't complete.
> > What's really a shame is that you didn't ASK why it wasn't there!
>
> Sorry, I wasn't meaning anything personal! However I'm sure you agree
> that with a project like PostgreSQL the website is a core aspect.
>
> Undoubtedly the postgresql.org mirrors got their highest traffic
> levels for ages - people looking for 7.2 information and not finding
> it (well it's there, but in the tarballs). us.postgresql.org certainly
> had a heavy load - the interactive docs couldn't connect to the
> database.

Just tried it and it worked fine. The interactive docs aren't on the
us mirror anyway. The link points back to the main site. But the 7.2
docs won't be available interactively until they're finalized and a note
to that effect is under the search box on the idocs site.

> Perhaps the 7.2 announcement should have been held back until the
> website was up-to-date?

not my department.

Vince.
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