<ul>
<li> your machine will need to be able to contact <a href="http://www.pgbuildfarm.org">http://www.pgbuildfarm.org</a>
- either directly or via proxy, and it will need access to a PostgreSQL CVS repository,
- either the one at postgresql.org or a mirror (you can set up your own mirror using CSVup on a Linux or FreeBSD machine -
- this is recommended).</li>
-<li> have a working Postgresql build environment for your platform
- (for Windows this means MSys/MinGW with the libz and libintl stuff, and ideally native Python and Tcl).</li>
-<li> Windows only: you will need a native perl installed as well as the one in the MSys DTK. The one from ActiveState works fine.</li>
+ either directly or via proxy, and it will need access to a PostgreSQL Git repository,
+ either the one at postgresql.org or a mirror.</li>
+<li> have <a href="http://git-scm.org">git</a> installed.</li>
+<li> have a working Postgresql build environment for your platform.</li>
+<li> Windows only: you will need a native perl installed (and not just the one from the MSys DTK). The one from ActiveState works fine.</li>
<li> download and unpack the latest release of client code from
<a href="https://github.com/PGBuildFarm/client-code/downloads">https://github.com/PGBuildFarm/client-code/downloads</a></li>
<li> read instructions at
<li> register your machine on this page</li>
<li> when you receive credentials, put them in the config file, and schedule regular builds (without those flags)
for the branches you want to support - which should be at least HEAD and the most recent stable branch.</li>
+<li> Note that it is possible (and quite common) to run more than one buildfarm member on a single machine.</li>
</ul>
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