| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> |
| Cc: | Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
| Subject: | Re: Simplify documentation related to Windows builds |
| Date: | 2024-01-19 11:11:40 |
| Message-ID: | e8fdcf09-864d-af9f-6b1f-0a5b0b291ce9@dunslane.net |
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On 2024-01-19 Fr 04:38, Nazir Bilal Yavuz wrote:
>
>> At the end, the main issue that I have with this part of the
>> documentation is the lack of consistency leading to a confusing user
>> experience in the builds of Windows. My recent impressions were that
>> Andrew has picked up Chocolatey in some (all?) of his buildfarm
>> animals with Strawberry Perl. I've had a good experience with it,
>> FWIW, but Andres has also mentioned me a couple of weeks ago while in
>> Prague that Strawberry could lead to unpredictible results (sorry I
>> don't remember all the exact details).
> Postgres CI uses Strawberry Perl [1] as well but it is directly
> installed from the strawberryperl.com and its version is locked to
> '5.26.3.1' for now.
FYI Strawberry was a bit stuck for a while at 5.32, but they are now up
to 5.38. See <https://strawberryperl.com/releases.html>
I agree we shouldn't be recommending any particular perl distro,
especially not ASPerl which now has annoying license issues.
cheers
andrew
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Andrew Dunstan
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