Clarification and simplification to the README.md file and to the instructions

for building on Windows.

FossilOrigin-Name: f69ef1a37b2778bdf73ee7e3b3edd74f7344ab8e5eedbedc22203c782e521f5b

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad11c453acdd545d20a9a757b49b7d9a33ebbea4..689b52dabd0d4ca08d53a62a88e6cac9068aa296 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,23 +73,26 @@ archives or [SQLite archives](https://sqlite.org/cli.html#sqlar) as follows:
      then click on the "Tarball" or "ZIP Archive" links on the information
      page.
 
-To access sources directly using Fossil, first install Fossil version 2.0 or later.
-Source tarballs and precompiled binaries available
-[here](https://www.fossil-scm.org/home/uv/download.html).  Fossil is
+To access sources directly using [Fossil](https://fossil-scm.org/home),
+first install Fossil version 2.0 or later.
+Source tarballs and precompiled binaries available at
+<https://fossil-scm.org/home/uv/download.html>.  Fossil is
 a stand-alone program.  To install, simply download or build the single
 executable file and put that file someplace on your $PATH.
 Then run commands like this:
 
-        mkdir -p ~/sqlite ~/Fossils
+        mkdir -p ~/sqlite
         cd ~/sqlite
-        fossil clone https://www.sqlite.org/src ~/Fossils/sqlite.fossil
-        fossil open ~/Fossils/sqlite.fossil
+        fossil open https://sqlite.org/src
 
-After setting up a repository using the steps above, you can do
-bandwidth-efficient updates to the latest version using:
+The "fossil open" command will take two or three minutes.  Afterwards,
+you can do fast, bandwidth-efficient updates to the whatever versions
+of SQLite you like.  Some examples:
 
-        fossil update trunk   ;# latest trunk check-in
-        fossil update release ;# latest official release
+        fossil update trunk             ;# latest trunk check-in
+        fossil update release           ;# latest official release
+        fossil update trunk:2024-01-01  ;# First trunk check-in after 2024-01-01
+        fossil update version-3.39.0    ;# Version 3.39.0
 
 Or type "fossil ui" to get a web-based user interface.
 
@@ -148,7 +151,7 @@ show what changes are needed.
 
 ## Compiling for Windows Using MSVC
 
-On Windows, all applicable build products can be compiled with MSVC.
+On Windows, everything can be compiled with MSVC.
 You will also need a working installation of TCL.
 See the [compile-for-windows.md](doc/compile-for-windows.md) document for
 additional information about how to install MSVC and TCL and configure your
@@ -383,7 +386,7 @@ implementation.  It will not be the easiest library in the world to hack.
   *  **VERSION**, **manifest**, and **manifest.uuid** - These files define
      the current SQLite version number.  The "VERSION" file is human generated,
      but the "manifest" and "manifest.uuid" files are automatically generated
-     by the [Fossil version control system](https://fossil-scm/).
+     by the [Fossil version control system](https://fossil-scm.org/).
 
 There are many other source files.  Each has a succinct header comment that
 describes its purpose and role within the larger system.

diff --git a/doc/compile-for-windows.md b/doc/compile-for-windows.md
index 5e6a2d1a25b08dfc5f2508d3598bef22fec3cad2..1627188acd1b7731b6558b3bdb04e7405b2442e7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/compile-for-windows.md
+++ b/doc/compile-for-windows.md
@@ -57,11 +57,22 @@ canonical source on a new Windows 11 PC, as of 2023-11-01:
       <ul>
       <li>  `nmake /f makefile.msc`
       <li>  `nmake /f makefile.msc sqlite3.c`
+      <li>  `nmake /f makefile.msc sqlite3.exe`
+      <li>  `nmake /f makefile.msc sqldiff.exe`
+      <li>  `nmake /f makefile.msc tclextension-install`
       <li>  `nmake /f makefile.msc devtest`
       <li>  `nmake /f makefile.msc releasetest`
-      <li>  `nmake /f makefile.msc sqlite3.exe`
+      <li>  `nmake /f makefile.msc sqlite3_analyzer.exe`
       </ul>
 
+      It is not required that you run the "tclextension-install" target prior to
+      running tests.  However, the tests will run more smoothly if you do.
+      The version of SQLite used for the TCL extension does *not* need to
+      correspond to the version of SQLite under test.  So you can install the
+      SQLite TCL extension once, and then use it to test many different versions
+      of SQLite.
+
+
   7.  For a debugging build of the CLI, where the ".treetrace" and ".wheretrace"
       commands work, add the DEBUG=3 argument to nmake.  Like this:
       <ul>

diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 5ffa57feba5f5fc13a427a1b08b3a4995aa14c73..f6017ee1ad619e807900ae914a7b807c1dba8b02 100644 (file)
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-C Fix\sa\stestrunner\sstatus\sreporting\sproblem\sintroduced\sby\s[aa5f10f21dbfb24e].
-D 2024-09-05T23:40:13.439
+C Clarification\sand\ssimplification\sto\sthe\sREADME.md\sfile\sand\sto\sthe\sinstructions\nfor\sbuilding\son\sWindows.
+D 2024-09-06T09:49:13.510
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diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
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--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
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