Re: Simplify documentation related to Windows builds

On 2024-01-19 Fr 04:38, Nazir Bilal Yavuz wrote:
>
>> At the end, the main issue that I have with this part of the
>> documentation is the lack of consistency leading to a confusing user
>> experience in the builds of Windows.  My recent impressions were that
>> Andrew has picked up Chocolatey in some (all?) of his buildfarm
>> animals with Strawberry Perl.  I've had a good experience with it,
>> FWIW, but Andres has also mentioned me a couple of weeks ago while in
>> Prague that Strawberry could lead to unpredictible results (sorry I
>> don't remember all the exact details).
> Postgres CI uses Strawberry Perl [1] as well but it is directly
> installed from the strawberryperl.com and its version is locked to
> '5.26.3.1' for now.


FYI Strawberry was a bit stuck for a while at 5.32, but they are now up 
to 5.38. See <https://strawberryperl.com/releases.html>


I agree we shouldn't be recommending any particular perl distro, 
especially not ASPerl which now has annoying license issues.


cheers


andrew


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