postgresql/README

PostgreSQL Database Management System
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This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL
database management system.

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
and functions.  This distribution also contains C language bindings.

PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here:

	https://www.postgresql.org/download

See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install
PostgreSQL.  That file also lists supported operating systems and
hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other
software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL
system.  Copyright and license information can be found in the
file COPYRIGHT.  A comprehensive documentation set is included in this
distribution; it can be read as described in the installation
instructions.

The latest version of this software may be obtained at
https://www.postgresql.org/download/.  For more information look at our
web site located at https://www.postgresql.org/.
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New edition 2001-12-19 19:53:58 +01:00			`This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL`
			`database management system.`

			`PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system`
			`that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including`
			`transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types`
Remove more traces of libpgtcl from the source tree. Also, make some semi-related SGML cleanup. Original patch from ljb220@mindspring.com, additional cleanup by Neil Conway. 2004-10-01 04:00:44 +02:00			`and functions. This distribution also contains C language bindings.`
Remove all traces of the ODBC driver, which is now on GBorg as the psqlodbc project ... 2002-08-23 00:43:14 +02:00
Point to our download URL, rather than listing interface in the README file: http://www.postgresql.org/download 2008-05-07 00:02:12 +02:00			`PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here:`
Update README file. Joshua D. Drake 2006-02-12 20:24:24 +01:00
Change documentation references to PG website to use https: not http: This is more secure, and saves a redirect since we no longer accept plain HTTP connections on the website. References in code comments should probably be updated too, but that doesn't seem to need back-patching, whereas this does. Also, in the 9.2 branch, remove suggestion that you can get the source code via FTP, since that service will be shut down soon. Daniel Gustafsson, with a few additional changes by me Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/9A2C89A7-0BB8-41A8-B288-8B7BD09D7D44@yesql.se 2017-05-21 03:50:47 +02:00			`https://www.postgresql.org/download`
New edition 2001-12-19 19:53:58 +01:00
			`See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install`
			`PostgreSQL. That file also lists supported operating systems and`
			`hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other`
			`software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL`
Don't generate plain-text HISTORY and src/test/regress/README anymore. Providing this information as plain text was doubtless worth the trouble ten years ago, but it seems likely that hardly anyone reads it in this format anymore. And the effort required to maintain these files (in the form of extra-complex markup rules in the relevant parts of the SGML documentation) is significant. So, let's stop doing that and rely solely on the other documentation formats. Per discussion, the plain-text INSTALL instructions might still be worth their keep, so we continue to generate that file. Rather than remove HISTORY and src/test/regress/README from distribution tarballs entirely, replace them with simple stub files that tell the reader where to find the relevant documentation. This is mainly to avoid possibly breaking packaging recipes that expect these files to exist. Back-patch to all supported branches, because simplifying the markup requirements for release notes won't help much unless we do it in all branches. 2014-02-11 02:48:04 +01:00			`system. Copyright and license information can be found in the`
New edition 2001-12-19 19:53:58 +01:00			`file COPYRIGHT. A comprehensive documentation set is included in this`
			`distribution; it can be read as described in the installation`
			`instructions.`
Support Docs & Contrib 1996-08-19 00:14:33 +02:00
Oops, one of DAvid's patches didn't quite make it in cleanly, so a little manual intervention required :) 1997-05-11 08:27:07 +02:00			`The latest version of this software may be obtained at`
Change documentation references to PG website to use https: not http: This is more secure, and saves a redirect since we no longer accept plain HTTP connections on the website. References in code comments should probably be updated too, but that doesn't seem to need back-patching, whereas this does. Also, in the 9.2 branch, remove suggestion that you can get the source code via FTP, since that service will be shut down soon. Daniel Gustafsson, with a few additional changes by me Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/9A2C89A7-0BB8-41A8-B288-8B7BD09D7D44@yesql.se 2017-05-21 03:50:47 +02:00			`https://www.postgresql.org/download/. For more information look at our`
			`web site located at https://www.postgresql.org/.`