Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 20:42:18 +0200
From: Erik Wienhold <ewie@ewie.name>
To: Marcel Hofstetter <hofstetter@jomasoft.ch>
Cc: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: 17beta1 source download does not include docs & manpages
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On 2024-05-28 14:15 +0200, Marcel Hofstetter wrote:
> 16.3 source download includes manpages and html docs.
> 
> -bash-5.1$ tar tvf postgresql-16.3.tar | grep html | wc -l
> 1166
> -bash-5.1$ tar tvf postgresql-16.3.tar | grep man1 | wc -l
> 35
> 
> 
> 17beta1 does not.
> 
> -bash-5.1$ tar tvf postgresql-17beta1.tar | grep html | wc -l
> 3
> -bash-5.1$ tar tvf postgresql-17beta1.tar | grep man1 | wc -l
> 0
> 
> is this intended?

Yes, that build step was removed[1] in order to only create a tarball of
files in the git tree from now on.  Maybe the release notes should make
that more clear instead of just saying "Remove make's distprep option".

[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/e07408d9-e5f2-d9fd-5672-f53354e9305e%40eisentraut.org

-- 
Erik