Re: old warning in docs

Given that we have not supported releases older than 8.3 for quite a
while, do we need to keep this in extend.sgml any longer?

<caution>
<para>
Changing <varname>PG_CONFIG</varname> only works when building
against <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.3 or later.
With older releases it does not work to set it to anything except
<literal>pg_config</>; you must alter your <varname>PATH</>
to select the installation to build against.
</para>
</caution>

cheers

andrew

On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 07:51:44AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> Given that we have not supported releases older than 8.3 for quite a
> while, do we need to keep this in extend.sgml any longer?
>
> <caution>
> <para>
> Changing <varname>PG_CONFIG</varname> only works when building
> against <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.3 or later.
> With older releases it does not work to set it to anything except
> <literal>pg_config</>; you must alter your <varname>PATH</>
> to select the installation to build against.
> </para>
> </caution>

I say "bin it." That reminds me. There are probably a lot of places
in the docs that refer to versions of PostgreSQL a good bit older than
8.3. Will grep and patch as I get the time.

Cheers,
David.
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On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Andrew Dunstan
<andrew(dot)dunstan(at)pgexperts(dot)com> wrote:
> Given that we have not supported releases older than 8.3 for quite a while,
> do we need to keep this in extend.sgml any longer?

+1 for removing that (but only in master, not the back-branches).

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On Oct 8, 2013 6:27 PM, "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Andrew Dunstan
> <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)pgexperts(dot)com> wrote:
> > Given that we have not supported releases older than 8.3 for quite a
while,
> > do we need to keep this in extend.sgml any longer?
>
> +1 for removing that (but only in master, not the back-branches).
>

+1, and definitely not in back branches.

/Magnus

On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 08:43:27AM -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 07:51:44AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >
> > Given that we have not supported releases older than 8.3 for quite a
> > while, do we need to keep this in extend.sgml any longer?
> >
> > <caution>
> > <para>
> > Changing <varname>PG_CONFIG</varname> only works when building
> > against <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.3 or later.
> > With older releases it does not work to set it to anything except
> > <literal>pg_config</>; you must alter your <varname>PATH</>
> > to select the installation to build against.
> > </para>
> > </caution>
>
> I say "bin it." That reminds me. There are probably a lot of places
> in the docs that refer to versions of PostgreSQL a good bit older than
> 8.3. Will grep and patch as I get the time.

I have created the attached patch which removes many of the pre-8.0
references, and trims some of the 8.1-8.3 references. There are
probably some of these that should be kept, but it is easier to show you
all the possibilities and we can trim down the removal list based on
feedback.

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+ Everyone has their own god. +

On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> I have created the attached patch which removes many of the pre-8.0
> references, and trims some of the 8.1-8.3 references. There are
> probably some of these that should be kept, but it is easier to show you
> all the possibilities and we can trim down the removal list based on
> feedback.

The changes to lobj.sgml seem pointless. I would also vote for
keeping xindex.sgml as-is. The rest of the changes seem like
improvements.

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On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 07:19:46PM -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > I have created the attached patch which removes many of the pre-8.0
> > references, and trims some of the 8.1-8.3 references. There are
> > probably some of these that should be kept, but it is easier to show you
> > all the possibilities and we can trim down the removal list based on
> > feedback.
>
> The changes to lobj.sgml seem pointless. I would also vote for
> keeping xindex.sgml as-is. The rest of the changes seem like
> improvements.

OK, done. Updated patch attached.

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+ Everyone has their own god. +

On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 07:34:20PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 07:19:46PM -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > > I have created the attached patch which removes many of the pre-8.0
> > > references, and trims some of the 8.1-8.3 references. There are
> > > probably some of these that should be kept, but it is easier to show you
> > > all the possibilities and we can trim down the removal list based on
> > > feedback.
> >
> > The changes to lobj.sgml seem pointless. I would also vote for
> > keeping xindex.sgml as-is. The rest of the changes seem like
> > improvements.
>
> OK, done. Updated patch attached.

Patch applied.

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+ Everyone has their own god. +