Re: [RFC] building postgres with meson - v11

On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 9:46 PM Peter Eisentraut <
peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> On 02.09.22 01:12, samay sharma wrote:
> > So, I was thinking of the following structure:
> > - Supported Platforms
> > - Getting the Source
> > - Building with make and autoconf
> > -- Short version
> > -- Requirements
> > -- Installation Procedure and it's subsections
> > - Building with Meson
> > -- Short version
> > -- Requirements
> > -- Installation Procedure and it's subsections
> > - Post-installation Setup
> > - Platform specific notes
>
> I like that.
>

Attached is a docs-only patch with that structure. We need to update the
platform specific notes section to add meson specific nuances. Also, in
terms of supported platforms, if there are platforms which work with make
but not with meson, we have to add that too.

Regards,
Samay

>
> > As a follow up patch, we could also try to fit the Windows part into
> > this model. We could add a Building with visual C++ or Microsoft windows
> > SDK section. It doesn't have a short version but follows the remaining
> > template of requirements and installation procedure subsections
> > (Building, Cleaning and Installing and Running Regression tests) well.
>
> We were thinking about removing the old Windows build system for PG 16.
> Let's see how that goes. Otherwise, yes, that would be good as well.
>