Re: [PATCHES] Removal of backward-compatibility docs mentions

2006-04-22 Thread Bruce Momjian
The attached patch removes or minimizes some documentation mentions of backward compatibility for release 7.2 and earlier. I have not altered any mentions of release 7.3 or later. The release notes were not modified, so the changes are still documented, just not in the main docs. Patch

[PATCHES] Removal of backward-compatibility docs mentions

2006-03-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
The attached patch removes or minimizes some documentation mentions of backward compatibility for release 7.2 and earlier. I have not altered any mentions of release 7.3 or later. The release notes were not modified, so the changes are still documented, just not in the main docs. -- Bruce

Re: [PATCHES] Removal of backward-compatibility docs mentions

2006-03-20 Thread Neil Conway
[ Sorry for the two copies, Bruce: I forgot to CC the list previously ] On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 13:57 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: The attached patch removes or minimizes some documentation mentions of backward compatibility for release 7.2 and earlier. I don't think it's a net win to get rid of

Re: [PATCHES] Removal of backward-compatibility docs mentions

2006-03-20 Thread Tom Lane
Neil Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't think it's a net win to get rid of this text, as it describes useful alternatives to the GUC variable: I was about to object to some other parts of the patch on the same grounds, in particular the changes to ddl.sgml and maintenance.sgml, and the

Re: [PATCHES] Removal of backward-compatibility docs mentions

2006-03-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Neil Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't think it's a net win to get rid of this text, as it describes useful alternatives to the GUC variable: I was about to object to some other parts of the patch on the same grounds, in particular the changes to ddl.sgml and

Re: [PATCHES] Removal of backward-compatibility docs mentions

2006-03-20 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: Tom Lane wrote: currently-useful information is intertwined with the reference to the old behavior. If you can't be bothered to rewrite to preserve all of the information, then don't remove the text. I am working on Neils suggestion. I don't

Re: [PATCHES] Removal of backward-compatibility docs mentions

2006-03-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
I have made the modifications you suggested. Any others? --- Neil Conway wrote: [ Sorry for the two copies, Bruce: I forgot to CC the list previously ] On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 13:57 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: The