Re: Winflex docs and distro

On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 2:55 PM Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
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> On 5/17/21 5:51 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 11:11 AM Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> wrote:
> >>> On 17 May 2021, at 10:17, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)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.
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> >>> 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.
> >
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> +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):
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> $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?

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