Re: [RFC] building postgres with meson - v11

Hi,

On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 9:48 PM Peter Eisentraut <
peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> On 02.09.22 19:16, samay sharma wrote:
> > Another thing I'd like input on. A common question I've heard from
> > people who've tried out the docs is How do we do the equivalent of X in
> > make with meson. As meson will be new for a bunch of people who are
> > fluent with make, I won't be surprised if this is a common ask. To
> > address that, I was planning to add a page to specify the key things one
> > needs to keep in mind while "migrating" from make to meson and having a
> > translation table of commonly used commands.
> >
> > I was planning to add it in the meson section, but if we go ahead with
> > the structure proposed above, it doesn't fit it into one as cleanly.
> > Maybe, it still goes in the meson section? Thoughts?
>
> This could go into the wiki.
>
> For example, we have
> <https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Working_with_Git>, which was added
> during the CVS->Git transition.
>

That's a good idea. I'll add a page to the wiki about this topic and share
it on the list for review.

>
> This avoids that we make the PostgreSQL documentation a substitute
> manual for a third-party product.
>

Regards,
Samay