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

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Doc: remove some long-obsolete information from installation.sgm
Date: 2019-09-01 20:59:45
Message-ID: 4a023388-8652-fea0-a0b4-35ad5e734e9a@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2019-08-30 19:02, Tom Lane wrote:
> Doc: remove some long-obsolete information from installation.sgml.

- It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like
- MinGW. A ready-made installer is available on the main
- PostgreSQL web site.
+ The Visual C++ build is recommended, as it is fully native and uses no
+ additional software like MinGW. A ready-made installer is available on
+ the main PostgreSQL web site.

Is this correct? MinGW builds are also native builds. The old wording
was shaky but the new wording (inserting "... is recommended, as ...")
makes it sound like that there is something wrong with the MinGW build
compared to the MSVC build.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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