Re: [PATCHES] Contrib docs v1

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Uh, don't start converting them yet.  I now realize that
> > /contrib/dict_int is an example and just like the stuff in /contrib/spi
> > perhaps shouldn't have its docs moved to SGML.
>
> What makes you realize any such thing?  You could make that argument for
> test_parser, probably, but the dict modules are useful in their own
> right.
>
> > Should we leave example /contrib modules documented in READMEs?
>
> What is the point of such a distinction?

If the contrib value is the source code itself then it seems a README is
more appropriate as people are not going to install the contrib module
itself --- they are using it only to learn.

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