Re: Win32 port - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Steve Howe
Subject Re: Win32 port
Date
Msg-id 101130229550.20021107032815@carcass.dhs.org
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In response to Re: Win32 port  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
List pgsql-hackers
Hello Bruce,

Thursday, November 7, 2002, 12:56:57 AM, you wrote:

BM> I have thrown out the idea and some felt that if we could get PITR and
BM> Win32, that would be enough for a release, even if we could get it done
BM> in a month or two.

BM> However, I see your point that releasing too often causes too many
BM> initdb's.

BM> What do others want, a regular 4-6 month cycle or a shorter one?
The initdb will be needed, no matter the release time is a month or
six, right ? There is no point in holding technology that is ready.
Those who don't need the release, can wait for the next one and avoid
the initdb.

Also, as a snapshot, the Win32 version won't get properly tested as it
would be as a regular release, specially because most of the
developers here work on UNIX. The best field testing would be
deploying a regular release to the hundreds of Win32 users that wait
for years for the Win32 version...

... just my thoughts, of course.

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Best regards,Steve Howe                           mailto:howe@carcass.dhs.org



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