New Documentation Bug

[John Ralls]

> On Jan 30, 2017, at 11:51 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger <frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Am 30.01.2017 um 18:25 schrieb Geert Janssens:
>> Op maandag 30 januari 2017 21:35:20 CET schreef David T.:
>>> It occurs to me, though, that John’s comments regarding possible repackaging
>>> for the Mac make me wonder more generally whether information that is
>>> intended to be short term (such as this) really belongs in the
>>> documentation. I am reminded of the What’s New section, which was recently
>>> removed from the Guide in acknowledgement of the website being a better
>>> location for this. Temporary transitory information such as this is a poor
>>> fit in the documentation, as it either forces some person to monitor and
>>> change the information all the time (which is a challenge), or it ends up
>>> being dated and misleading to users.
>>> 
>> This took me by surprise. I didn't see any mention of John's intentions to 
>> change this. Had to dig back in the archives to find this indeed buried in the 
>> "Change storage format of existing data" thread, which I admit to have skimmed 
>> only before due to time restraints. That's good news of course!
>> 
>>> I do not know what the best solution in this broader situation is; I am open
>>> to suggestions. In the meantime, I will see whether I can work out language
>>> that both addresses the issue and mitigates the editorial burden.
>> 
>> Well, current documentation is for the 2.6 release in which the sql backend on 
>> OSX only supports sqlite. So that's the information which should be in the 2.6 
>> docs. I believe this can be one short note at the spot where you explain which 
>> sql types are supported. It doesn't need much elaboration.
>> 
>> If John does find the time to fix this for 2.8 (which I surely hope!), the 
>> accompanying documentation needs an update. The trick will be to remember at 
>> that point this needs updating...
>> 
>> Alternatively you can hold off the PR for this piece of information until it 
>> will be more clear whether or not this will happen for 2.8.
>> 
>> I can't think of better options ATM.
>> 
>> Geert
> 
> In the wiki I would write something like "Since version 2.x.y the Quartz
> package includes SQLite support."
> 

"2.x.y" would be 2.4.0.

Regards,
John Ralls