tis 4 aug. 2026 kl. 20:45 skrev Nathan Hartman <[email protected]>:
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 2:04 PM Nathan Hartman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 12:37 PM Pavel Lyalyakin via dev < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > > > > (snip) > >> > >> The thing is that the INSTALL document needs a major rework (I think > that everyone can agree with this). > > > > (snip) > > > > I agree with this! > > > > It is something I have looked into in the past, but every time I did, I > became overwhelmed by how extensively INSTALL needed to change. > > > > One good thing is that after the CMake & vcpkg build becomes the > "official" way to build on Windows in 1.16, a huge amount of cruft can be > removed (all of section II-E). That will result in renumbering the later > sections, so maybe it's a good time to just go in there with a wrecking > ball. > > > > Thanks for giving INSTALL some much needed love!! > > > > By the way, I don't agree that it's not glamorous: for many users, > INSTALL is likely one of the first pieces of documentation they encounter > once they decide to try Subversion. It was for me when I installed > Subversion for my $dayjob for the first time in 2007. INSTALL was very > good, very clear, and it gave me confidence that I was dealing with a well > made tool. There's something glamorous in that :-) > > > > Cheers, > > > I have nominated both changes (r1936876, r1936877) for backport to > 1.15.x in r1936879. > > Cheers, > Nathan I don’t have access to my computer tonight so I cannot vote but if you are able, would you like to add my +1 and approve (since it is not core code) ? /Daniel >
