Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-12-07 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Magnus Hagander escribió: > 2009/12/7 Tom Lane : > > Magnus Hagander writes: > >> I would also like to propose that we actually backpatch this. At least > >> the addition of the git documentation and the update of the CVS > >> documentation. So we get this info out there. We don't normally > >> ba

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-12-07 Thread Magnus Hagander
2009/12/7 Tom Lane : > Magnus Hagander writes: >> I would also like to propose that we actually backpatch this. At least >> the addition of the git documentation and the update of the CVS >> documentation. So we get this info out there. We don't normally >> backpatch things like this though, so co

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-12-07 Thread Tom Lane
Magnus Hagander writes: > I would also like to propose that we actually backpatch this. At least > the addition of the git documentation and the update of the CVS > documentation. So we get this info out there. We don't normally > backpatch things like this though, so comments on that? The sort o

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-12-07 Thread David Fetter
On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 04:08:28PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > 2009/11/26 Tom Lane : > > Magnus Hagander writes: > >> I assume you are fine with the addition of some info about git, but > >> what about the removal of those two chapters suggested? > > > > I agree that we needn't try to cover ma

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-12-07 Thread Magnus Hagander
2009/11/26 Tom Lane : > Magnus Hagander writes: >> I assume you are fine with the addition of some info about git, but >> what about the removal of those two chapters suggested? > > I agree that we needn't try to cover material that's in the CVS manual. > As somebody mentioned upthread, a sentence

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-30 Thread Greg Smith
Chris Browne wrote: Wikis have a habit of getting out of date in ways that make them even more difficult to rectify, because the data is frequently structured in a way that doesn't make it particularly easy to pull it out and transform it into other forms. The standard way to backup a Mediawik

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-29 Thread Ron Mayer
Brendan Jurd wrote: > 2009/11/29 Bruce Momjian : >> Wow, we mention 28k modems --- we are legacy software: ;-) >> >> This initial checkout is a little slower than simply downloading >> a tar.gz file; expect it to take 40 minutes >> or so if you have a 28.8K modem. > > Yes, and what ab

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-29 Thread Brendan Jurd
2009/11/29 Bruce Momjian : > Wow, we mention 28k modems --- we are legacy software:  ;-) > >     This initial checkout is a little slower than simply downloading >     a tar.gz file; expect it to take 40 minutes >     or so if you have a 28.8K modem. Yes, and what about all the people using carrie

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-29 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > Robert Haas wrote: > >> I have to say I'm not really impressed by the idea of removing things > >> from our documentation and replacing them with pages on the wiki. The > >> documentation is better-written and easier to navigate. Yeah, the > >> part ab

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-29 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian writes: > Robert Haas wrote: >> I have to say I'm not really impressed by the idea of removing things >> from our documentation and replacing them with pages on the wiki. The >> documentation is better-written and easier to navigate. Yeah, the >> part about 28K modems is pretty sil

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-29 Thread Bruce Momjian
Robert Haas wrote: > I have to say I'm not really impressed by the idea of removing things > from our documentation and replacing them with pages on the wiki. The > documentation is better-written and easier to navigate. Yeah, the > part about 28K modems is pretty silly, but we can fix that witho

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-26 Thread Chris Browne
pete...@gmx.net (Peter Eisentraut) writes: > On ons, 2009-11-25 at 16:27 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> Attached is a patch which adds a chapter to git in our documentation, >> around where we have several chapters about cvs today. It also removes >> a few very out of date comments about cvs > >

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-26 Thread Tom Lane
Magnus Hagander writes: > I assume you are fine with the addition of some info about git, but > what about the removal of those two chapters suggested? I agree that we needn't try to cover material that's in the CVS manual. As somebody mentioned upthread, a sentence or two about our branching and

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-26 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 16:38, Tom Lane wrote: > Heikki Linnakangas writes: >> Robert Haas wrote: >>> I have to say I'm not really impressed by the idea of removing things >>> from our documentation and replacing them with pages on the wiki.  The >>> documentation is better-written and easier to

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-26 Thread Tom Lane
Heikki Linnakangas writes: > Robert Haas wrote: >> I have to say I'm not really impressed by the idea of removing things >> from our documentation and replacing them with pages on the wiki. The >> documentation is better-written and easier to navigate. > I agree in general, but information abou

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-26 Thread Robert Haas
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:29, Robert Haas wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 2:28 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >>> On ons, 2009-11-25 at 22:15 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 22:07, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-26 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:29, Robert Haas wrote: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 2:28 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> On ons, 2009-11-25 at 22:15 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: >>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 22:07, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >>> > On ons, 2009-11-25 at 16:27 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: >>>

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-26 Thread Heikki Linnakangas
Robert Haas wrote: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 2:28 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> In the installation instructions chapter, there is a section "Getting >> the Source", which could warrant a link or reference to the appropriate >> instructions on the web site. > > I have to say I'm not really impre

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-26 Thread Robert Haas
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 2:28 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On ons, 2009-11-25 at 22:15 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 22:07, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> > On ons, 2009-11-25 at 16:27 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> >> Attached is a patch which adds a chapter to git in ou

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-25 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On ons, 2009-11-25 at 22:15 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 22:07, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > On ons, 2009-11-25 at 16:27 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > >> Attached is a patch which adds a chapter to git in our documentation, > >> around where we have several chapters abo

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-25 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 22:07, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On ons, 2009-11-25 at 16:27 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> Attached is a patch which adds a chapter to git in our documentation, >> around where we have several chapters about cvs today. It also removes >> a few very out of date comments a

Re: [HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-25 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On ons, 2009-11-25 at 16:27 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > Attached is a patch which adds a chapter to git in our documentation, > around where we have several chapters about cvs today. It also removes > a few very out of date comments about cvs I think this whole chapter could be removed and the

[HACKERS] cvs chapters in our docs

2009-11-25 Thread Magnus Hagander
Attached is a patch which adds a chapter to git in our documentation, around where we have several chapters about cvs today. It also removes a few very out of date comments about cvs (really, nobody has a 28k8 modem and does cvs over it today. Even your cellphone is orders of magnitude faster than