Received: from paprika.michvhf.com (paprika.michvhf.com [209.57.60.12]) by hub.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA08261 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 18:28:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from vev@michvhf.com) Received: (qmail 11169 invoked by uid 1001); 29 Nov 1999 23:28:46 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199911292316.SAA16942@candle.pha.pa.us> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 18:28:46 -0500 (EST) X-Face: *0^4Iw) To: Bruce Momjian Subject: Re: INSTALL file (was Re: [HACKERS] Re: HISTORY for 6.5.2) Cc: Bruce Momjian , The Hermit Hacker , docs@postgreSQL.org, Peter Eisentraut On 29-Nov-99 Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I hope we can get everyone with ideas together before 7.0 is released. It can be greatly simplified but will require changes to configure which I don't think I can do. I haven't really gotten to know autoconf yet and I think Peter said he's tied up till after the first of the year but he still wants to dig into it. Is after the first too late? Vince. > > >> On Sep 20, Bruce Momjian mentioned: >> >> > I agree our INSTALL is very large. Is there some way we can simplify >> > the install process? >> >> On the one hand a database server is probably not your everyday >> ./configure && make && make install program you get from freshmeat and you >> do want to put some time into a proper installation. On the other hand the >> INSTALL file is really way too long and makes for unpleasant reading. >> >> Here are a couple of ideas. >> >> * Chapter 2 "Ports" should be moved to the README file (has nothing to do >> with the actual installation). >> >> * Move the gory details of item 5 (flex) to a separate file (README.flex). >> >> * Move the locale stuff into a separate file. >> >> * Same with Kerberos >> >> * Move the release notes at the end to CHANGELOG. >> >> That should make the file somewhat smaller, then also it is really to >> verbose at times and is formatted really oddly, at least on my system. >> >> Okay, now I really went out of my way and redid the whole thing. You'll >> find the result attached. This is merely an idea of what I would consider >> simpler. I removed some inconsistencies, things that were unnecessary, too >> complicated, etc. Okay, I removed a lot of stuff, but most of the stuff >> people can really figure out themselves if they need them in the first >> place. And I shrunk the thing to 25%. >> >> Perhaps there should be a separate Install FAQ of the sort "My shell said >> 'export: Command not found.'" or "What's a shared library?" to move the >> really annoying stuff out of people's ways. >> >> Comments? >> >> -- >> Peter Eisentraut - peter_e@gmx.net >> http://yi.org/peter-e > Content-Description: New INSTALL file? > > [Attachment, skipping...] > > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle > maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue > + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com flame-mail: /dev/null # include Have you seen http://www.pop4.net? Online Campground Directory http://www.camping-usa.com Online Giftshop Superstore http://www.cloudninegifts.com ==========================================================================