Re: What does this configure warning mean?

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian  writes:
> > Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> >> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >>> With the attached patch, I have updated the message to use the wording
> >>> "bundled distribution".  I think the point about the snapshot tarballs
> >>> and official releases is that they are "bundled" rather than pulled via
> >>> CVS.
> >> 
> >> That's too subtle.  I wouldn't figure out what it means if my life
> >> depended on it (then again, it doesn't).
> 
> > Well, "official" made no sense.  Bundled seemed similar enough to
> > "tarball".  What suggestion do you have?
> 
> I think "bundled" is a completely unhelpful choice of word.  The natural
> response to reading that will be "bundled with what?".  We've been using
> the phraseology "official distribution" for years and only one person
> has expressed any confusion, so I do not think you have improved
> matters.

The term has to cover not only official releases but the snapshot files
we create.  Can't anyone come up with a term for this?

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