On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 04:42:17PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Dawid Kuroczko wrote: > > Bruce, I've read Your documentation and I was left a bit with a feeling > > that it's a bit too generic. It's almost as if it could be about just about > > any major database, not PostgreSQL specific. I feel that, when I'm > > reading PostgreSQL docs I would like to know how to set up multi-master > > replication with PostgreSQL not an explanation what a multi-master > > replication is. It's not about the actual documentation content, but rather > > on accents distribution. Now it is something like: "These are the types > > of replication solutions possible, some of them can be done with > > PostgreSQL", > > I think it should be rather: "With PostgreSQL and some third-party tools you > > can achieve such and such replication solutions, oh and by the way, research > > is done on such and such replication method, but it's not a production > > quality > > yet". > > > > And I try to think as my DBA-mates would do if they read the documentation, > > I'm not sure they would end up enlighted after reading the docs -- thay > > would > > probably say: "hey, I knew that, it's well structured there, but I > > still don't know > > what should I use", or maybe "where can I read something about this slony > > thing anyway?". > > Well, the idea is to have a web site that lists all the solutions that > can be updated regularly, perhaps using the categories from the > documentation.
And the docs should point to that page, prominently (presumably that will happen after the page actually exists). Something else worth doing though is to have a paragraph explaining why there's no built-in replication. I don't have time to write something right now, but I can do it later tonight if no one beats me to it. -- Jim Nasby [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
