Re: Movement of FAQ's - Mailing list pgsql-www

Looks good to me - thanks!

Regards, Dave.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us]
> Sent: 14 October 2004 23:31
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: PostgreSQL www
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Movement of FAQ's
>
>
> I have updated the MinGW FAQ with a new heading and pointing
> to the pginstaller FAQ:
>
>
>                  Compiling PostgreSQL On Native Win32 FAQ
>
>
>    Last updated: Thu Oct 14 18:22:57 EDT 2004
>
>    Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
>
>    The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
>
> http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/project/win32.html.
>
>    The FAQ for running PostgreSQL on native Win32 is at
>    http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/FAQ_windows.html.
>
>    The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW
> tools.  There
>    is also a precompiled binary installer called
>    pginstaller which you can download from
>    http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller.  It is a fully
> native build and
>    uses no additional software like MinGW.
>
>
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>
> Dave Page wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us]
> > > Sent: 11 October 2004 16:03
> > > To: Dave Page
> > > Cc: PostgreSQL www
> > > Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Movement of FAQ's
> > >
> > > Dave Page wrote:
> > > > > Oh, no I didn't.  Would you like to make adjustments to it
> > > > > and/or FAQ_MINGW so they point to each other and
> don't duplicate
> > > > > information?
> > > >
> > > > I'm not entirely convinced that's the right answer. The
> > > main concern
> > > > is making things easy for the users - that's what I've
> tried to do
> > > > with the installer faq (which I now notice Magnus has been
> > > editting!)
> > > > by covering both installer specific stuff, and
> > > non-installer specific;
> > > > a kindof 1 stop shop for all Win32 faqs. I appreciate that we
> > > > don't necessarily want the installer stuff in the main tree
> > > > however. What about making the version in the tree a
> subset of our
> > > > one, simply covering the mingw/compiliation issues which I can
> > > > include in one standalone section in our faq?
> > >
> > > Both FAQ's are going to change over time, I am sure.  I see no
> > > problem in giving them a web link to the FAQ_MINGW for
> compilation
> > > issues.
> > > Having the Mingw outside our CVS doesn't make sense to me.
> >
> > No, and I don't think it should be outside. What I would
> like to avoid
> > if possible though, is having win32 problems split across different
> > FAQs. Most end users won't care about whether something is
> a Mingw or
> > Installer issue and will just get frustrated if they cannot
> find the
> > info they need.
> >
> > I guess the best answer might be to clearly mark the Mingw FAQ as a
> > diy-compilation FAQ, and include a link for 'normal' end
> users to the
> > installer FAQ in which we try to include all relevant q&a's.
> >
> > Regards, Dave.
> >
>
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