On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:18:29PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: > Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > Nikolay Samokhvalov wrote: > >> I've just found (via google...) useful (for me) comments: > >> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/sql-createaggregate.html > >> -- I mean users comments under primary contents of the page. > >> > >> These comments were written for 8.0, but are useful for the > >> current versions too. What we have is the situation that reading > >> docs for 8.2 people don't see these comments -- so this > >> potentially useful information is lost. So, in this > >> implementation the idea of comments for docs becomes weak in > >> general. > > > > The thing to do in these cases is to move the useful info from the > > user comments into the main doc text. > > Yeah, that's the idea. Tom often goes through the comments and puts > stuff into the docs. But I'm sure there are a *lot* of other people > who could help with that as well - read comments, figure out of they > make sense, and submit a docs patch for the next version!
It occurs to me that we could encourage this by emphasizing on the interactive docs that user comments are not carried forward automatically and pointing to a place where people can learn how to submit such patches if they so desire. Here is the wording I'd propose to replace the paragraph after "Add Comment": Please use this form to add your own comments regarding your experience with particular features of PostgreSQL, clarifications of the documentation, or hints for other users. These comments are not automatically carried into future versions of the documentation. If you believe your change should carry forward, please consider <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/docguide.html";>patching the document source SGML</a> and sending those patches to <a href="mailto:[email protected]";>psql-docs</a> for inclusion in the official documentation. This is a way to participate more in the PostgreSQL project. This is not a support forum, and your IP address will be logged. If you have a question or need help, please see the <a href=http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq/>FAQ</a>, try a mailing <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/community/lists/";>list</a>, or join us on <a irc://irc.freenode.net/postgresql>IRC</a>. Submissions containing URLs or other keywords commonly found in spam comments may be silently discarded. Please contact the <a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">webmaster</a> if you think this is happening to you in error. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Skype: davidfetter Remember to vote! Consider donating to PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
