On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 6:16 AM Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 09:56:41AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> > Well, see
> > <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/install-windows-full.html#id-1.6.5.8.12>
> >
> > Maybe we should move that section.
>
> As this is the part of the docs where we document the builds, it
> looks indeed a bit confusing to have all the requirements for the
> TAP tests there. The section "Regression Tests" cannot be used for
> the case of VS, and the section for TAP is independent of that so we
> could use platform-dependent sub-sections.
>
> Could it be better to move all the contents of "Running the Regression
> Tests" from the Windows installation page to the section of
> "Regression Tests" instead? That would mean spreading the knowledge
> of vcregress.pl to more than one place, though.
IMO, it is better to add a note in the "Running the Tests" section at
[1] and a link to the windows specific section at [2]. This will keep
all the windows specific things at one place without any duplication
of vcregress.pl knowledge. Thoughts? If okay, I will send a patch.
[1] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/regress-run.html
[2] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/install-windows-full.html#id-1.6.5.8.12
Regards,
Bharath Rupireddy.
