Re: [DOCS] Getting Started section

2016-03-02 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 7:51 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Magnus Hagander writes: >> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Tom Lane wrote: >>> Agreed, but I should think that properly packaged versions of Postgres >>> will come with some package-specific instructions. Is that missing >>> in Debian's version,

Re: [DOCS] Getting Started section

2016-03-02 Thread Tom Lane
Magnus Hagander writes: > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Tom Lane wrote: >> Agreed, but I should think that properly packaged versions of Postgres >> will come with some package-specific instructions. Is that missing >> in Debian's version, or out of date, or did he just not read it? > It's de

Re: [DOCS] Getting Started section

2016-03-02 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Maciek Sakrejda writes: > > I just spent some time helping a former colleague work out some basic > setup > > issues after he got stuck trying to follow the Getting Started section of > > the manual [1] and almost gave up. For what it's worth, he

Re: [DOCS] Getting Started section

2016-03-02 Thread Tom Lane
Maciek Sakrejda writes: > I just spent some time helping a former colleague work out some basic setup > issues after he got stuck trying to follow the Getting Started section of > the manual [1] and almost gave up. For what it's worth, he's very > technical, but does not deal with Postgres setup r

[DOCS] Getting Started section

2016-03-02 Thread Maciek Sakrejda
I just spent some time helping a former colleague work out some basic setup issues after he got stuck trying to follow the Getting Started section of the manual [1] and almost gave up. For what it's worth, he's very technical, but does not deal with Postgres setup regularly. The problems he ran in