On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 02:22:02PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Here's a draft patch for this. Most of it is mechanical removal of > infrastructure for building the INSTALL file. If anyone wants to > bikeshed on the new wording of README, feel free.
Thanks for putting this together. That looks reasonable. > diff --git a/README b/README > index 56d0c951a9..e40e610ccb 100644 > --- a/README > +++ b/README > @@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, > including > -See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install > -PostgreSQL. That file also lists supported operating systems and > -hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other > -software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL > -system. Copyright and license information can be found in the > -file COPYRIGHT. A comprehensive documentation set is included in this > -distribution; it can be read as described in the installation > -instructions. > +Copyright and license information can be found in the file COPYRIGHT. > + > +General documentation about this version of PostgreSQL can be found at: > +https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/ > +In particular, information about building PostgreSQL from the source > +code can be found at: > +https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/installation.html Sounds fine by me, including the extra step documented in RELEASE_CHANGES. No information is lost. -- Michael
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