Re: [DOCS] Re: [HACKERS] Outline for PostgreSQL book

On 13-Oct-99 Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>
>> On 12-Oct-99 Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> >> It looks good; I have a comment on the order of chapters, however.
>> >>
>> >> I suggest that Installlation goes in an Appendix.  More and more, people
>> >> will be coming to machines that already have software installed, or have
>> >> them installed as packages (.rpm or .deb).
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Installation is the administrator's job, and not of interest to `normal'
>> >> users, so it should not be placed in the book as if every user had to do
>> >> it.
>> >
>> > Done.  Certainly better to get that at the end.  That chapter is going
>> > to be a mess to look at.
>>
>> It doesn't have to be a mess.
>>
>
> Frankly, if I can get away with having whole sections that point to URL
> files, so much the better.  If I can just point them to the INSTALL
> file, and be done with it, great.

The installation can be quick and painless.  I'll explain more tomorrow.

Vince.
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