On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian writes:
> >
> > > No. I will turn it into an FAQ, and the item will be "How do I install
> > > PostgreSQL on MS Windows". How's that?
> >
> > I don't see how that would be better. Why this artificiality?
> > Installation instructions belong into INSTALL files. FAQs are questions
> > asked by people because the documentation is incomplete or the software is
> > badly designed. I mean, you could make everything a FAQ, but FAQs should
> > be a backup thing, not a first order documentation resource.
>
> Currently all our platform-specific files are FAQ's. I can imagine
> someone realizing that, looking for an MS one, and giving up and never
> seeing INSTALL_MSWIN. Also, the platform-specific stuff is on the web
> pages under FAQ. I don't want to make a separate section just for the
> MS OS.
MS_FAQ:
1. How do I install?
a. Read the INSTALL_MSWIN file