Re: Time to retire Windows XP buildfarm host? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Time to retire Windows XP buildfarm host?
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Msg-id 17385.1480954667@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Time to retire Windows XP buildfarm host?  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Responses Re: Time to retire Windows XP buildfarm host?  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> Windows XP has been past end of life for quite some time. Nevertheless I 
> have kept my instance running with three buildfarm members: frogmouth, 
> currawong and brolga. Howeever, a recent commit (apparently fa2fa99, but 
> I'm not 100% sure) started causing a compiler segmentation fault on 
> frogmouth, the mingw/gcc-4.5.0 animal running on this machine.
> ...
> Does anyone have any strong opinion in favor of keeping any of these 
> animals running?

Hm, a look through our commit logs finds multiple mentions of each of
these animals as having been the only one showing a particular portability
issue.  So I'm worried about loss of portability coverage.  Are you sure
that the animals' build options and choices of toolchains are replicated
elsewhere?
        regards, tom lane



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