On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 2:55 PM Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: > > > On 5/17/21 5:51 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 11:11 AM Daniel Gustafsson <dan...@yesql.se> wrote: > >>> On 17 May 2021, at 10:17, Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> wrote: > >>> Since PostgreSQL 9.3, in commit a266f7dd93b, we've added the text: > >>> > >>> + The obsolete "winflex" binaries distributed on the PostgreSQL FTP > >>> site > >> Which was slightly updated in 0a9ae44288d. > > It's been touched a couple of times, but not in any material fashion. > > > > > >>> At this point. I suggest we simply stop distributing winflex on our > >>> download site, and just remove this note from the documentation. > >> Sounds reasonable, are there (easily retrieved) logs/tracking for when it > >> was > >> accessed by anyone last? > > Not really. We don't keep logs going very far back. I can see it being > > accessed a handful of time in the past 14 days. But AFAICT from the > > limited information we have it's all bots. > > > > > > +1 for removing the binary and the reference.
I think we've collected enough +1's, so I'll go ahead and do it. > These days my setup for MSVC doesn't use msys: it's basically this PS1 > fragment (which assumes chocolatey is installed): > > $utils = 'StrawberryPerl', 'git', 'winflexbison', 'diffutils', 'vim' > choco install -y --no-progress --limit-output @utils > $cbin = "c:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin" > Rename-Item -Path $cbin\win_bison.exe -NewName bison.exe > Rename-Item -Path $cbin\win_flex.exe -NewName flex.exe Perhaps it is, as a separate thing, worth including that in the docs soemwhere? Or maybe as a script int he sourcetree that is referenced frot he docs? -- Magnus Hagander Me: https://www.hagander.net/ Work: https://www.redpill-linpro.com/
