Re: [DOCS] A user report of misinterpretation of 'unsupported versions'

2013-07-12 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 1:03 AM, Daniel Farina wrote: > I had a report from a user asking how they could VACUUM in the future > under 9.3, when it's no longer supported (which took me aback). He > referred me to a manual page: > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-vacuum.html > >

Re: [DOCS] A user report of misinterpretation of 'unsupported versions'

2013-07-12 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On 7/12/13 6:28 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > "This page in other versions: 9.2 / 9.1 / 9.0 / 8.4 | Unsupported >> versions: 9.3 / 8.3 / 8.2 / 8.1 / 8.0 / 7.4 / 7.3 / 7.2 / 7.1 / devel" "This page in other versions: 9.2 / 9.1 / 9.0 / 8.4 | Devel: 9.3 | EOL: 8.3 / 8.2 / 8.1 / 8.0 / 7.4 / 7.3 / 7

Re: [DOCS] A user report of misinterpretation of 'unsupported versions'

2013-07-12 Thread Daniel Farina
On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 1:03 AM, Daniel Farina wrote: > > I had a report from a user asking how they could VACUUM in the future > > under 9.3, when it's no longer supported (which took me aback). He > > referred me to a manual page: > >

Re: [DOCS] A user report of misinterpretation of 'unsupported versions'

2013-07-12 Thread Tom Lane
Daniel Farina writes: > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> But I can understand the confusion - do you have a suggestion for how >> to write it to make it more obvious what the actual problem is? > I don't think I communicated the problem right. Yeah, you did, but we nee

Re: [DOCS] A user report of misinterpretation of `unsupported versions`

2013-07-12 Thread Greg Sabino Mullane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 > "This page in other versions: 9.2 / 9.1 / 9.0 / 8.4 | Unsupported > versions: 9.3 / 8.3 / 8.2 / 8.1 / 8.0 / 7.4 / 7.3 / 7.2 / 7.1 / devel" > > An entirely reasonable person would decide that the VACUUM command is > unsupported in any of the

Re: [DOCS] A user report of misinterpretation of `unsupported versions`

2013-07-12 Thread Michael Nolan
On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: > > > How about we simply list all versions, without classifying them as > unsupported or not? > Is there an automated mechanism by which a version would move from the 'supported' group to the 'unsupported' group, eg, when 8.4 goes EOL?