On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 2:04 PM Nathan Hartman <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 12:37 PM Pavel Lyalyakin via dev > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello, > > (snip) >> >> The thing is that the INSTALL document needs a major rework (I think that >> everyone can agree with this). > > (snip) > > I agree with this! > > It is something I have looked into in the past, but every time I did, I > became overwhelmed by how extensively INSTALL needed to change. > > One good thing is that after the CMake & vcpkg build becomes the "official" > way to build on Windows in 1.16, a huge amount of cruft can be removed (all > of section II-E). That will result in renumbering the later sections, so > maybe it's a good time to just go in there with a wrecking ball. > > Thanks for giving INSTALL some much needed love!! > > By the way, I don't agree that it's not glamorous: for many users, INSTALL is > likely one of the first pieces of documentation they encounter once they > decide to try Subversion. It was for me when I installed Subversion for my > $dayjob for the first time in 2007. INSTALL was very good, very clear, and it > gave me confidence that I was dealing with a well made tool. There's > something glamorous in that :-) > > Cheers,
I have nominated both changes (r1936876, r1936877) for backport to 1.15.x in r1936879. Cheers, Nathan
