On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM Daniel Sahlberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > >>
Sure, done in r1936883. Cheers, Nathan
