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    Stop generating plain-text INSTALL instructions. · e2b73f4a
    Tom Lane authored
    Up to now, our distribution tarballs have included a plain-text form
    of the installation.sgml chapter.  The rationale for that was that a
    recipient might not have either ready internet access or HTML-viewing
    tools; a theory that seems downright quaint today.  Maintaining the
    ability to generate this file is not without cost, because it puts
    special requirements on installation.sgml that are often overlooked.
    Moreover, we are moving in the direction of making our distribution
    tarballs be pure git snapshots for traceability/reproducibility
    reasons; including generated files doesn't fit into that plan.
    Hence, let's just drop INSTALL and remove the infrastructure for
    generating it.  The top-level README will now recommend visiting
    our website to see the installation instructions.  As a useful
    side-effect, we can get rid of README.git which has provoked
    confusion.
    
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20231220114927.faccqqprmuyrzdip@alap3.anarazel.de
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