Justin,
can you add this to the release notes section on the sourceforge site if it's
not already there?
Robert Treat
On Saturday 14 June 2003 12:02 am, Justin Clift wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Although the "Proof of Concept" build works, it does have a few drawbacks:
>
> + Only works on English (US at least) installations, because it's hard
> coded to install in C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL. On non-English
> installations, "C:\Program Files" is named differently and causes things
> to fail.
>
> + It's missing the pager program "less", and the gzip libraries, so
> using pg_dump and psql have problems.
>
> + It's based on an old version of PostgreSQL, 7.3.1 from memory.
>
> All that being said, it should be ok to use, but don't run it in a
> production environment. Development and testing environments should be ok.
>
> :-)
>
> Regards and best wishes,
>
> Justin Clift
>
> Robert Treat wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 08:03, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> >>On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 22:34:04 -0700,
> >>
> >> "P.M" <pmdanger@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>I was thinking that PostgreSQL could help me to reduce
> >>>the cost of a such software. But i would like to know
> >>>what is the status of the PostGreSQL version under
> >>>Windows ?
> >>>I mean, i know that some of you are trying to do an
> >>>installer version under Windows for PostGreSQL and i
> >>>would like to know if a beta version already exist or
> >>>not....
> >>
> >>There will be a beta native windows port available in about 3 weeks.
> >>It is currently possible to run postgresql on windows using cygwin.
> >
> > If you don't want to wait and not big on cygwin, you can get a "proof of
> > concept" build at
> > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=9764&release_id=136
> >623
> >
> > It's not supported by anyone and I can't even say if it will work for
> > you, but it has worked for some in the past and might be a good way to
> > get your feet wet.
> >
> > Once you get up and running be sure to come back and help us beta test!
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Robert Treat
