Our MingW FAQ appears to be seriously out of date. Couple of fixes: we

want to direct MSI downloads to main download site, NT4 not supported
anymore, msvc build env in progress, pgsql-hackers-win32 is no more.

Magnus Hagander

diff --git a/doc/FAQ_MINGW b/doc/FAQ_MINGW
index d467e4796ad0238aa93a8cd31438275675b633c6..88e6d90850ded7577bffb1873b2f76e12d9e8208 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/FAQ_MINGW
+++ b/doc/FAQ_MINGW
@@ -13,24 +13,23 @@
    
    The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW tools.  There
    is also a precompiled binary installer called pginstaller which you
-   can download from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller.  It is a
-   fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW.
+   can find at from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller.  It is a
+   fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW. The
+   ready-made instlaler files are available on the main PostgreSQL ftp
+   servers in the binary/win32 directory.
    
 Tools for Building Binaries
 
    The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft operating
-   system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4
-   doesn't support tablespaces because it doesn't support the junction
-   points needed for symlinks.)  Earlier operating systems do not have
-   sufficient infrastructure. Building the port also requires MinGW and
-   Msys, which can be downloaded from http://www.mingw.org/. MinGW is a
-   Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating systems. Msys is a
-   collection of unix tools required to run shell scripts like
-   configure.  Neither is required to run the resulting binaries;  they
-   are needed only for creating the binaries.  We have no intention of
-   supporting Visual C; their build environment is just too different
-   from Unix, and maintenance of such a build environment would be too
-   burdensome.
+   system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4 is
+   no longer supported since version 8.2)  Earlier operating systems do
+   not have sufficient infrastructure. Building the port also requires
+   MinGW and Msys, which can be downloaded from http://www.mingw.org/.
+   MinGW is a Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating
+   systems. Msys is a collection of unix tools required to run shell
+   scripts like configure.  Neither is required to run the resulting
+   binaries;  they are needed only for creating the binaries.  Work is in
+   progress to support building using Visual C++ in a future version.
    
 Steps For Building Binaries
 
@@ -46,12 +45,6 @@ Steps For Building Binaries
    If you make a change that you want to contribute, make a context diff
    and send it to the mailing list.
    
-Access
-
-   The mailing list for discussion is pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org.
-   You can subscribe by sending an email body containing the word
-   subscribe to pgsql-hackers-win32-request@postgresql.org.
-   
 Resources
 
    There are several resources that helped us complete this port:

diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_MINGW.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_MINGW.html
index e2a6f759f551bc5ed88f09c9554c5246e53e4474..77ff60bb5a51f49fc3fa9b98b2f932c3ae290d6a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_MINGW.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_MINGW.html
@@ -23,17 +23,19 @@ http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/FAQ_windows.html</A>.</P>
 
 <p>The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW tools.&nbsp;
 There is also a precompiled binary installer called <span
- style="font-style: italic;">pginstaller</span> which you can download
+ style="font-style: italic;">pginstaller</span> which you can find at
 from <a href="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller">http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller</a>.&nbsp;
-It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW.<br>
+It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW.
+The ready-made instlaler files are available on the main PostgreSQL ftp servers
+in the binary/win32 directory.
+<br>
 </p>
 <h2>Tools for Building Binaries<br>
 </h2>
 <p> The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft
 operating
 system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4
-doesn't support tablespaces because it doesn't support the junction
-points needed for symlinks.)&nbsp; Earlier
+is no longer supported since version 8.2)&nbsp; Earlier
 operating systems do not have sufficient infrastructure. Building the
 port also
 requires MinGW and Msys, which can be downloaded from <a
@@ -41,10 +43,8 @@ requires MinGW and Msys, which can be downloaded from <a
 a Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating systems.
 Msys is a collection of unix tools required to run shell scripts like <i>configure.&nbsp;
 </i>Neither is required to run the resulting binaries;&nbsp; they are
-needed only for creating the binaries.&nbsp; We have no intention
-of supporting Visual C; their build environment is just too different
-from Unix, and maintenance of such a build environment would be too
-burdensome.<br>
+needed only for creating the binaries.&nbsp; Work is in progress to support
+building using Visual C++ in a future version.<br>
 </p>
 <h2>Steps For Building Binaries<br>
 </h2>
@@ -66,11 +66,6 @@ as the Msys console has buffering issues.<br>
 If you make a change that you want to contribute, make a context diff
 and send
 it to the mailing list. <br>
-<h2>Access</h2>
-The mailing list for discussion is
-<i>pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org</i>. You can subscribe by sending
-an email body containing the word <i>subscribe</i> to <i><a
- href="mailto:pgsql-hackers-win32-request@postgresql.org">pgsql-hackers-win32-request@postgresql.org</a></i>.<br>
 <h2>Resources</h2>
 There are several resources that helped us complete this port:<br>
 <ul>