Re: When to drop src/tools/msvc support - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: When to drop src/tools/msvc support
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Msg-id 20230411170936.jwwrhr2sh2kbdqev@awork3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: When to drop src/tools/msvc support  ("Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org>)
Responses Re: When to drop src/tools/msvc support
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Hi,

On 2023-04-11 10:44:09 -0400, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
> On 4/11/23 10:12 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org> writes:
> > > On 4/11/23 9:49 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > > Sadly, I think we really have to ship both build systems in v16.
> > 
> > > But maybe we can make it clear in the release notes + docs that this is
> > > slated for deprecation and will be removed from v17? That way we can say
> > > "we provided ample warning to move to the new build system."
> > 
> > Yes, we absolutely should do that, as already discussed upthread.
> 
> Ah yes, I saw Andres' notep[1] yesterday and had already forgotten. +1 on
> that plan.

Here's a draft docs change.

I added the <warning/> in two places in install-windows.sgml so it's visible
on both the generated pages in the chunked output. That does mean it's visible
twice nearby in the single-page output, but I don't think that's commonly
used.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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