Re: Broken Link on Web site

On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:

>
> OK, but for general pointing, I will point to development docs.

What I was trying to point out is the docs will change before the
actual sources do.  Then folks waste time trying to do something
that's not even in the software they're running.  If you don't
point at something stable and released, don't point at anything
unless you're putting your own email address on it.  Those that
maintain it don't need to try and figure out why something doesn't
work if it's not even implemented yet.  We HAVE been there before
and it wasn't fun - it tends to piss people off.

Vince.


>
> > On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks.  I see the problem and have updated the FAQ.
> > >
> > > Vince, do we have a URL that goes directly to docs no matter the
> > > version?  I used the URL:
> > >
> > >     http://www.postgresql.org/devel-corner/docs/programmer/odbc.html
> > >
> > > Is that the best one that doesn't have a release number in the URL?
> >
> > Here's the problem, I'm open to suggestions.  If we use a non-version
> > specific url, it has to point to something - probably development docs.
> > Development docs change more often than stable docs, but with each new
> > version we have a different set of stable docs.
> >
> > I'm in process of overhauling the ODBC stuff right now.  Pages will be
> > served up dynamically and I'm going to use it as a test bed for the
> > interactive docs.  It'll be at http://odbc.postgresql.org but don't look
> > for anything other than a coming soon message there now.  When it's up
> > and running (shouldn't be long, Marc created the database today - the
> > site was just conceived two days ago!) I'll be able to provide a solid
> > link for it but I don't want to try and guess what I may use for it.
> >
> > Vince.
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