Re: 9.4 broken on alpha - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: 9.4 broken on alpha
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Msg-id 18726.1441137649@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: 9.4 broken on alpha  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: 9.4 broken on alpha  (Peter Geoghegan <pg@heroku.com>)
Re: 9.4 broken on alpha  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
>> On 2015-09-01 14:40:36 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> The best argument for continuing to support Alpha is probably that
>>> Linux does.

>> Not sure why that's an argument? I mean linux supports architectures
>> without an MMU, but we'll surely never?

> I'm just saying that, we're arguing that we can't do it, but they're
> doing it, so presumably we could find a way if we were really
> determined.  I'm not saying that it's a good use of time, but Linux
> seems to think it is.

I think we've probably beat this to death.  Nobody here believes that
it's sane to try to support Alpha without access to hardware, and no
offer of hardware has been forthcoming.  If one were to materialize,
we could usefully have a debate about whether it's worth doing ...
        regards, tom lane



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