On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 09:08:02AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:49:39 -0000 > "Greg Sabino Mullane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sure, why not? Clarity should always trump brevity. The only > > people who gain from a comment-less file are the ones who are > > already expert in it. > > You are right, Clarity always trumps brevity but then again, some > things are only clear if they are brief. Point being, the > documentation in the postgresql.conf isn't really useful and to make > it useful; would make the configuration file itself not useful. A > succinct file with directed links that are explicitly telling you, > "Don't be stupid read the docs" is a very good idea.
And we're back to man pages and CHM files. How big a project would that latter be? Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
