On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 12:10:11PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 2024-05-09 Th 00:03, Bruce Momjian wrote:
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> I have committed the first draft of the PG 17 release notes; you can
> see the results here:
>
> https://momjian.us/pgsql_docs/release-17.html
>
> It will be improved until the final release. The item count is 188,
> which is similar to recent releases:
>
> release-10: 189
> release-11: 170
> release-12: 180
> release-13: 178
> release-14: 220
> release-15: 184
> release-16: 206
> release-17: 188
>
> I welcome feedback. For some reason it was an easier job than usual.
>
>
> • Remove the ability to build Postgres with Visual Studio (Michael Paquier)
>
> Meson is now the only available Windows build method.
>
>
> This is a category mistake. What was removed was the special code we had for
> building with VS, but not the ability to build with VS. You can build with VS
> using meson (see for example drongo on the buildfarm)
Wow, okay, I am not surprised I was confused. New text is:
<!--
Author: Michael Paquier <mich...@paquier.xyz>
2023-12-20 [1301c80b2] Remove MSVC scripts
-->
<listitem>
<para>
Remove the Microsoft Visual Studio Studio-specific Postgres build
option (Michael Paquier)
</para>
<para>
Meson is now the only method for Visual Studio builds.
</para>
</listitem>
<!--
Author: Michael Paquier <mich...@paquier.xyz>
2023-12-20 [1301c80b2] Remove MSVC scripts
-->
<listitem>
<para>
Remove the Microsoft Visual Studio Studio-specific Postgres build
option (Michael Paquier)
</para>
<para>
Meson is now the only method for Visual Studio builds.
</para>
</listitem>
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