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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2011-02-14 12:32:42 -0500
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2011-02-14 19:22:34 -0500
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Small improvements to external-projects documentation.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml
index 4deedb7f639..ef516b42145 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
similar to <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net">SourceForge.net</> in its
feature set, providing mailing lists, forums, bug tracking, SCM, and web
hosting. If you have a <productname>PostgreSQL</>-related open source
- project that you would like to have hosted at PgFoundy, please feel free
- to create a new project.
+ project that you would like to have hosted at PgFoundry, please feel free
+ to create a new project there.
</para>
<sect1 id="external-interfaces">
@@ -134,6 +134,22 @@
</table>
</sect1>
+ <sect1 id="external-admin-tools">
+ <title>Administration Tools</title>
+
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>administration tools</primary>
+ <secondary>externally maintained</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <para>
+ There are several administration tools available for
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</>. The most popular is
+ <application><ulink url="http://www.pgadmin.org/">pgAdmin III</ulink></>,
+ and there are several commercially available ones as well.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+
<sect1 id="external-pl">
<title>Procedural Languages</title>
@@ -223,32 +239,24 @@
<title>Extensions</title>
<indexterm>
- <primary>extensions</primary>
+ <primary>extension</primary>
+ <secondary>externally maintained</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</> is designed to be easily extensible. For
- this reason, extensions loaded into the database can function just
- like features that are packaged with the database. The
+ this reason, extensions loaded into the database can function
+ just like features that are built in. The
<filename>contrib/</> directory shipped with the source code
- contains a large number of extensions. The <filename>README</> file
- in that directory contains a summary. They include conversion
- tools, full-text indexing, <acronym>XML</> tools, and additional
- data types and indexing methods. Other extensions are developed
+ contains several extensions, which are described in
+ <xref linkend="contrib">. Other extensions are developed
independently, like <application><ulink
url="http://www.postgis.org/">PostGIS</ulink></>. Even
- <productname>PostgreSQL</> replication solutions are developed
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</> replication solutions can be developed
externally. For example, <application> <ulink
url="http://www.slony.info">Slony-I</ulink></> is a popular
master/standby replication solution that is developed independently
from the core project.
</para>
-
- <para>
- There are several administration tools available for
- <productname>PostgreSQL</>. The most popular is
- <application><ulink url="http://www.pgadmin.org/">pgAdmin III</ulink></>,
- and there are several commercially available ones as well.
- </para>
</sect1>
</appendix>