Incorrect argument type documented for hmac function

2018-08-05 Thread PG Doc comments form
The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/pgcrypto.html Description: This line in the document: hmac(data bytea, key text, type text) returns bytea Incorrectly lists the key as type text when it is also bytea. The line s

Re: Incorrect argument type documented for hmac function

2018-08-05 Thread Tom Lane
=?utf-8?q?PG_Doc_comments_form?= writes: > This line in the document: > hmac(data bytea, key text, type text) returns bytea > Incorrectly lists the key as type text when it is also bytea. The line > should read: > hmac(data bytea, key bytea, type text) returns bytea Indeed. Thanks for catching

Release note trimming: another modest proposal

2018-08-05 Thread Tom Lane
We've been around on this before, I know, but I got annoyed about it again while waiting around for test builds of the back-branch documentation. I think that we need some policy about maintaining back-branch release notes that's not "keep everything, forever". The release notes are becoming an ev