Re: Reformatting the FDW wiki page - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From David Fetter
Subject Re: Reformatting the FDW wiki page
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Msg-id 20150824141706.GC21603@fetter.org
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In response to Re: Reformatting the FDW wiki page  (Jay Payne <letterj@gmail.com>)
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On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 08:52:01AM -0500, Jay Payne wrote:
> I've always found the best way to deal with a situation like this is
> to only have a brief description and link to the maintainer's page
> for details.    It becomes an editing nightmare to keep information
> current and relevant.     So I would suggest keeping as little on
> the main page as possible.

My experience runs counter to yours.  When there's only minimal
information, what you get is useless and incoherent.

That reducing entropy locally takes some energy, i.e. time commitment
by actual people, should not surprise anybody who passed high school
physics.

> Just a thought

Please don't top post.

Cheers,
David.
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