Re: pgsql: Doc: remove some long-obsolete information from installation.sgm - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pgsql: Doc: remove some long-obsolete information from installation.sgm
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Msg-id 30051.1567776536@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pgsql: Doc: remove some long-obsolete information frominstallation.sgm  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: pgsql: Doc: remove some long-obsolete information frominstallation.sgm  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On 2019-09-01 23:34, Tom Lane wrote:
>> So did the old wording, it seemed to me.  I'm happy to remove the sentence
>> altogether if there's no reason to be pushing people away from MinGW.
>> Should we also rethink the sentence I added at the top of the chapter,
>> pointing Windows people to chapter 17?

> Yeah, I suggest this:
> ...

Hm, I'm tempted to also drop the sentence about the "ready-made installer"
then.  It doesn't particularly belong here, and the only way to read it
is as a nudge to not use the MinGW build process.

            regards, tom lane



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