PostGIS 3.5.0alpha2 released supports PG17

['Sandro Santilli']

On Mon, Jul 08, 2024 at 04:00:48PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:

>   README.postgis is unclear on what docbook5 xsl is, and given the
>   confusion I think it should give a url to the project homepage.  Maybe
>   I'm the only one unclear.

Is doc/README clearer ?
I agree it is weird for README.postgis to mention docbook but then not
give a section explicitly stating what it is for.

>   If the build is configured to build the docs, it should fail if that
>   fails.  I am ok with docs default off, and off if prereqs not found.
> 
>   It seems docbook5 xsl is needed but configure didn't fail what I have
>   and decide not to build docs.  It tried to build and failed.

Could you please file a ticket for this ?
I agree if you expliclty ask to build docs and it cannot be done you
should get an error, not a silent failure.

>   docbook5 may or may not be an ok requirement.  I would say it's only
>   ok if 95% of packaging systems already have it in what is considered
>   their normal release.   Basically, a program should only depend  on
>   things that either come with them (geos) or things that the world
>   considers normal and not bleeding edge.

I think we're talking about these:
https://repology.org/project/docbook5-style-xsl/

--strk;

  Libre GIS consultant/developer
  https://strk.kbt.io/services.html
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