On Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 08:13:20PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I think trying to add text to each item is both redundant and confusing,
> because I am guessing that many people will not even know what a commit
> is, and will be confused by clicking on the link.
>
> What I have done is to add text to the top of "Appendix E. Release
> Notes" explaining the symbol and what it links to. Patch attached.
I have applied an updated version of this patch, attached, which
includes the paragraph, but only in non-print output.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index cf6ba540876..d602374d347 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
review, so each item is truly a community effort.
</para>
+ <para id="release-no-print-output">
+ Section markers (§) in the release notes link to <ulink
+ url="https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git";><application>gitweb</application></ulink>
+ pages which show the primary <application>git</application> commit
+ messages and source tree changes responsible for the release note item.
+ There might be additional <application>git</application> commits which
+ are not shown.
+ </para>
+
<!--
When beginning a new major-release series, create a new release-NN.sgml
file, removing the previous one, and change the &-reference here.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-fo.xsl b/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-fo.xsl
index 739958bb804..1728124e9da 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-fo.xsl
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-fo.xsl
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
<!-- Do nothing for ulink to avoid footnotes -->
</xsl:template>
+<!-- Also suppress the description of the section markers in print mode -->
+<xsl:template match="appendix[@id='release']//para[@id='release-no-print-output']">
+ <!-- Output nothing for this para -->
+</xsl:template>
+
<xsl:param name="use.extensions" select="1"></xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="variablelist.as.blocks" select="1"></xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="orderedlist.label.width">1.5em</xsl:param>
