On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 4:03 PM, alvherre <[email protected]> wrote: > Excerpts from Robert Haas's message of mié may 26 15:56:45 -0400 2010: > >> > That is an excellent idea, not only for replication, but there are >> > probably other wiki pages that we should link to from our main docs. I >> > will go through the wiki, find appropriate pages, and add links from our >> > docs. >> >> I don't know that I'm eager to link from our docs to the wiki. That >> seems likely to lead to maintenance headaches. But on the other hand, >> I see no problem mentioning third-party products that are part of the >> PG ecosystem. > > I don't think we should be adding hundreds of wiki links to the docs, > but if it's just half a dozen, I think it's a good idea. Those pages > have already undergone a lot of revision and they are unlikely to go > away. We already have links to pages in external sites and they do > cause some pain, but it's not much and this is only every two years or so. > > Keep in mind that pages in the Wiki are going to be replaced by a > redirect page if they ever get renamed, for example. It's highly > unlikely that they are going to disappear completely.
Eh, maybe. I think generally the wiki documentation is of lower quality than our main docs. I'd rather see us put the effort into writing something that can be incorporated into the docs. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise Postgres Company -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
