Re: meson "experimental"?

Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>

From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Date: 2024-05-30T10:07:02Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi.

> "Alternatively, PostgreSQL can be built using Meson.  This is the only
> option for building PostgreSQL in Windows using Visual Something[*].
> For other platforms, using Meson is currently experimental."

+1 good catch

> [*] What is the correct name for this?

I believe in this section it should be "Visual Studio" as we specify
elsewhere [1][2]. In [2] we name specific required versions. Maybe we
should reference this section.

While on it, in [2] section 17.7.5 is named "Visual". I don't think
such a product exists and find it confusing. Maybe we should rename
the section to "Visual Studio".

Also I don't see any mention of the minimum required version of Ninja.
I think we should add it too, or maybe reference the corresponding
section I couldn't find in "17.1 Requirements"

[1]: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/install-meson.html
[2]: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/installation-platform-notes.html

-- 
Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev



Commits

  1. doc: Meson is not experimental on Windows

  2. Fix names of "Visual Studio" and Meson in a documentation sentence.

  3. Fix name of "Visual Studio" in documentation.