Re: What does this configure warning mean?

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> >> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >>> With the attached patch, I have updated the message to use the wording
> >>> "bundled distribution". I think the point about the snapshot tarballs
> >>> and official releases is that they are "bundled" rather than pulled via
> >>> CVS.
> >>
> >> That's too subtle. I wouldn't figure out what it means if my life
> >> depended on it (then again, it doesn't).
>
> > Well, "official" made no sense. Bundled seemed similar enough to
> > "tarball". What suggestion do you have?
>
> I think "bundled" is a completely unhelpful choice of word. The natural
> response to reading that will be "bundled with what?". We've been using
> the phraseology "official distribution" for years and only one person
> has expressed any confusion, so I do not think you have improved
> matters.

Should we just go ahead and say official releases and daily snapshots?

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