Don't generate plain-text HISTORY and src/test/regress/README anymore.

Providing this information as plain text was doubtless worth the trouble
ten years ago, but it seems likely that hardly anyone reads it in this
format anymore.  And the effort required to maintain these files (in the
form of extra-complex markup rules in the relevant parts of the SGML
documentation) is significant.  So, let's stop doing that and rely solely
on the other documentation formats.

Per discussion, the plain-text INSTALL instructions might still be worth
their keep, so we continue to generate that file.

Rather than remove HISTORY and src/test/regress/README from distribution
tarballs entirely, replace them with simple stub files that tell the reader
where to find the relevant documentation.  This is mainly to avoid possibly
breaking packaging recipes that expect these files to exist.

Back-patch to all supported branches, because simplifying the markup
requirements for release notes won't help much unless we do it in all
branches.
This commit is contained in:
Tom Lane 2014-02-10 20:48:12 -05:00
parent 928aec71c4
commit f1e522696f
12 changed files with 36 additions and 137 deletions

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@ -105,10 +105,8 @@ distdir:
fi || exit; \
done
$(MAKE) -C $(distdir) distprep
$(MAKE) -C $(distdir)/doc/src/sgml/ HISTORY INSTALL regress_README
cp $(distdir)/doc/src/sgml/HISTORY $(distdir)/
$(MAKE) -C $(distdir)/doc/src/sgml/ INSTALL
cp $(distdir)/doc/src/sgml/INSTALL $(distdir)/
cp $(distdir)/doc/src/sgml/regress_README $(distdir)/src/test/regress/README
$(MAKE) -C $(distdir) distclean
rm -f $(distdir)/README.git

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@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
Release notes for all versions of PostgreSQL can be found on-line at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/release.html
In a distribution file set, release notes for the current version can be
found prebuilt under doc/src/sgml/html/. Visit the index.html file with
an HTML browser, then consult the "Release Notes" appendix.

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@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install
PostgreSQL. That file also lists supported operating systems and
hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other
software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL
system. Changes between all PostgreSQL releases are recorded in the
file HISTORY. Copyright and license information can be found in the
system. Copyright and license information can be found in the
file COPYRIGHT. A comprehensive documentation set is included in this
distribution; it can be read as described in the installation
instructions.

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@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
(This file does not appear in release tarballs.)
In a release or snapshot tarball of PostgreSQL, documentation files named
INSTALL and HISTORY will appear in this directory. However, these files are
not stored in git and so will not be present if you are using a git checkout.
If you are using git, you can view the most recent install instructions at:
In a release or snapshot tarball of PostgreSQL, a documentation file named
INSTALL will appear in this directory. However, this file is not stored in
git and so will not be present if you are using a git checkout.
If you are using a git checkout, you can view the most recent installation
instructions at:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/installation.html
and the current release notes at:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/release.html
Users compiling from git will also need compatible versions of Bison, Flex,
and Perl, as discussed in the install documentation. These programs are not

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@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
/man7/
/man-stamp
# Other popular build targets
/HISTORY
/INSTALL
/regress_README
/postgres-US.pdf
/postgres-A4.pdf
/postgres.html
@ -22,9 +20,7 @@
/HTML.index
# Assorted byproducts from building the above
/postgres.xml
/HISTORY.html
/INSTALL.html
/regress_README.html
/postgres-US.aux
/postgres-US.log
/postgres-US.out

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@ -214,33 +214,20 @@ JADE.text = $(JADE) $(JADEFLAGS) $(SGMLINCLUDE) $(CATALOG) -d stylesheet.dsl -i
ICONV = iconv
LYNX = lynx
# The release notes may contain non-ASCII characters (for contributor
# names), which lynx converts to the encoding determined by the
# current locale. The get output that is deterministic and easily
# readable by everyone, we make lynx produce LATIN1 and then convert
# that to ASCII with transliteration for the non-ASCII characters.
# Official releases are currently built on FreeBSD, which has limited
# The documentation may contain non-ASCII characters (mostly for
# contributor names), which lynx converts to the encoding determined
# by the current locale. To get text output that is deterministic and
# easily readable by everyone, we make lynx produce LATIN1 and then
# convert that to ASCII with transliteration for the non-ASCII characters.
# Official releases were historically built on FreeBSD, which has limited
# locale support and is very picky about locale name spelling. The
# below has been finely tuned to run on FreeBSD and Linux/glibc.
INSTALL HISTORY regress_README: % : %.html
INSTALL: % : %.html
$(PERL) -p -e 's/<H(1|2)$$/<H\1 align=center/g' $< | LC_ALL=en_US.ISO8859-1 $(LYNX) -force_html -dump -nolist -stdin | $(ICONV) -f latin1 -t us-ascii//TRANSLIT > $@
INSTALL.html: standalone-install.sgml installation.sgml version.sgml
$(JADE.text) -V nochunks standalone-install.sgml installation.sgml > $@
HISTORY.html: generate_history.pl $(wildcard $(srcdir)/release*.sgml)
$(PERL) $< "$(srcdir)" release.sgml >tempfile_HISTORY.sgml
$(JADE.text) -V nochunks tempfile_HISTORY.sgml > $@
rm tempfile_HISTORY.sgml
regress_README.html: regress.sgml
( echo '<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.2//EN" ['; \
echo '<!ENTITY % standalone-ignore "IGNORE">'; \
echo '<!ENTITY % standalone-include "INCLUDE"> ]>'; \
cat $< ) >tempfile_regress_README.sgml
$(JADE.text) -V nochunks tempfile_regress_README.sgml > $@
rm tempfile_regress_README.sgml
##
## XSLT processing
@ -376,13 +363,13 @@ check-tabs:
# This allows removing some files from the distribution tarballs while
# keeping the dependencies satisfied.
.SECONDARY: postgres.xml $(GENERATED_SGML) HTML.index
.SECONDARY: INSTALL.html HISTORY.html regress_README.html
.SECONDARY: INSTALL.html
.SECONDARY: %-A4.tex-ps %-US.tex-ps %-A4.tex-pdf %-US.tex-pdf
clean:
# text --- these are shipped, but not in this directory
rm -f INSTALL HISTORY regress_README
rm -f INSTALL.html HISTORY.html regress_README.html
rm -f INSTALL
rm -f INSTALL.html
# single-page output
rm -f postgres.html postgres.txt
# print

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@ -942,26 +942,19 @@ save_size.pdfjadetex = 15000
<title>Plain Text Files</title>
<para>
Several files are distributed as plain text, for reading during
the installation process. The <filename>INSTALL</filename> file
The installation instructions are also distributed as plain text,
in case they are needed in a situation where better reading tools
are not available. The <filename>INSTALL</filename> file
corresponds to <xref linkend="installation">, with some minor
changes to account for the different context. To recreate the
file, change to the directory <filename>doc/src/sgml</filename>
and enter <userinput>gmake INSTALL</userinput>. This will create
a file <filename>INSTALL.html</filename> that can be saved as text
with <productname>Netscape Navigator</productname> and put into
the place of the existing file.
<productname>Netscape</productname> seems to offer the best
quality for <acronym>HTML</acronym> to text conversions (over
<application>lynx</application> and
<application>w3m</application>).
and enter <userinput>gmake INSTALL</userinput>.
</para>
<para>
The file <filename>HISTORY</filename> can be created similarly,
using the command <userinput>gmake HISTORY</userinput>. For the
file <filename>src/test/regress/README</filename> the command is
<userinput>gmake regress_README</userinput>.
In the past, the release notes and regression testing instructions
were also distributed as plain text, but this practice has been
discontinued.
</para>
</sect2>

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@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
#! /usr/bin/perl -w
# generate_history.pl -- flatten release notes for use as HISTORY file
#
# Usage: generate_history.pl srcdir release.sgml >output.sgml
#
# The main point of this script is to strip out <link> references, which
# generally point into the rest of the documentation and so can't be used
# in a standalone build of the release notes. To make sure this is done
# everywhere, we have to fold in the sub-files of the release notes.
#
# doc/src/sgml/generate_history.pl
use strict;
my $srcdir = shift;
die "$0: missing required argument: srcdir\n" if !defined($srcdir);
my $infile = shift;
die "$0: missing required argument: inputfile\n" if !defined($infile);
# Emit DOCTYPE header so that the output is a self-contained SGML document
print "<!DOCTYPE appendix PUBLIC \"-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.2//EN\">\n";
process_file($infile);
exit 0;
sub process_file
{
my $filename = shift;
local *FILE; # need a local filehandle so we can recurse
my $f = $srcdir . '/' . $filename;
open(FILE, $f) || die "could not read $f: $!\n";
while (<FILE>)
{
# Recursively expand sub-files of the release notes
if (m/^&(release-.*);$/)
{
process_file($1 . ".sgml");
next;
}
# Remove <link ...> tags, which might span multiple lines
while (m/<link/)
{
if (s/<link\s+linkend[^>]*>//)
{
next;
}
# incomplete tag, so slurp another line
$_ .= <FILE>;
}
# Remove </link> too
s|</link>||g;
print;
}
close(FILE);
}

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@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ non-ASCII characters find using grep -P '[\x80-\xFF]'
wrap long lines
For new features, add links to the documentation sections. Use </link>
not just </> so that generate_history.pl can remove it, so HISTORY.html
can be created without links to the main documentation. Don't use <xref>.
For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
-->
@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ can be created without links to the main documentation. Don't use <xref>.
<!--
To add a new major-release series, add an entry here and in filelist.sgml.
Follow the naming convention, or you'll confuse generate_history.pl.
The reason for splitting the release notes this way is so that appropriate
subsets can easily be copied into back branches.

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@ -2,21 +2,7 @@
<!--
This file helps in generating the INSTALL text file that lives in the
top level directory of the distribution. The exact process is like
this:
1. Paste together with installation.sgml
2. Process with jade to HTML (use -V nochunks)
3. Remove "Chapter 1" heading
4. Save as text file in Netscape
5. Put in place of old INSTALL file
Running 'make INSTALL' in the doc/src/sgml directory will do 1 through
3 for you.
top level directory of the distribution.
-->
<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.2//EN" [

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@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
Documentation concerning how to run these regression tests and interpret
the results can be found in the PostgreSQL manual, in the chapter
"Regression Tests".

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@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ For All Releases (major, minor, beta, RC)
o update doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
o run spellchecker on result
o add SGML markup
o check if 'gmake HISTORY.html' works for <link>s
* Update timezone data to match latest zic database and new
Windows releases, if any (see src/timezone/README)