Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> > A better approach for that would be to remove HISTORY from CVS and build
> > it only when the release tarball is made.
>
> Given some standardization of the toolchain, that would be the way to
> go. Right now, though, we seem to have some doubts at both the SGML
> and lynx levels. Can we clear these up so people know what they will
> get?
I think the only reason HISTORY and INSTALL are in CVS is because we
want people running CVS during beta to have changes docs and install
instructions that don't require them to pull down a new tarball each
time or read the docs via a web site.
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