Rework installation instructions again

alvherre · alvherre · commit 73c5d2bfee29 · 2021-07-22T18:03:26.000-04:00
Dept. of second thoughts: the new verbiage added in commit aaec237 is targeted at the wrong audience. Remove the bits about git and talk about how to get tarballs only. People looking for the git repo can look in the appendix. That'll need to be expanded, but this commit doesn't do that. In passing, fix a couple of typos that snuck in with the previous commit. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/713760.1626891263@sss.pgh.pa.us
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -354,29 +354,13 @@ su - postgres
   <title>Getting the Source</title>
 
   <para>
-   The version control repository for <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
-   can be obtained from
-   <ulink url="https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=summary"></ulink>;
-   this is the recommended way to obtain the
-   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> source code.
-   You can obtain a clone of the repository by running
-<screen>
-<userinput>git clone https://git.postgresql.org/git/postgresql.git</userinput>
-</screen>
-   This will create a directory <filename>postgresql</filename> under the current
-   directory with the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> sources.
-   Change into that directory for the rest of the installation procedure.
-   See <xref linkend="git"/> for further information.
-  </para>
-
-  <para>
-   Alternatively, source code for the released versions can be obtained
-   from the download section of our website:
+   The <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> source code for released versions
+   can be obtained from the download section of our website:
    <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/"></ulink>.
-   Download then
+   Download the
    <filename>postgresql-<replaceable>version</replaceable>.tar.gz</filename>
    or <filename>postgresql-<replaceable>version</replaceable>.tar.bz2</filename>
-   you're interested in, then unpack it:
+   file you're interested in, then unpack it:
 <screen>
 <userinput>tar xf postgresql-<replaceable>version</replaceable>.tar.bz2</userinput>
 </screen>
@@ -385,6 +369,11 @@ su - postgres
    the current directory with the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> sources.
    Change into that directory for the rest of the installation procedure.
   </para>
+
+  <para>
+   Alternatively, you can use the Git version control system; see
+   <xref linkend="git"/> for more information.
+  </para>
  </sect1>
 
  <sect1 id="install-procedure">
