| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | t(dot)kitynski(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Suggestion for deprecated spellings |
| Date: | 2023-01-30 21:17:14 |
| Message-ID: | Y9gz2rRpm6VKnC0M@momjian.us |
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On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 04:07:46PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 12:19:29PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> >> From time to time some spelling for given command gets obsolete, yet it is
> >> shown in the syntax on "equal rights" as other valid clauses.
>
> > We don't need to show all _supported_ syntaxes in the "Synopsis"
> > section, so we could just remove them.
>
> IIRC, there is precedent in COPY for moving obsolete alternatives
> to a separate part of the man page. I'd prefer that to just
> removing them, because then there is no documentation to help
> someone understand what an old SQL script is doing.
Yeah, I remember that with COPY. t(dot)kitynski(at)gmail(dot)com, please us that
as a guide. Thanks.
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