Re: Proposal to add a QNX 6.5 port to PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: Proposal to add a QNX 6.5 port to PostgreSQL
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Msg-id 20140728162218.GO17793@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: Proposal to add a QNX 6.5 port to PostgreSQL  (Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Proposal to add a QNX 6.5 port to PostgreSQL  (Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
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On 2014-07-28 11:19:48 -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> Maybe step #1 is to get a buildfarm member set up.  Is there any
> policy against unsupported environments in the buildfarm? (I hope not)
> 
> You're going to have to run it against a git repository containing
> your custom patches.  It's a long and uncertain road to getting a new
> port (re-) accepted, but demonstrated commitment to support is a
> necessary first step. It will also advertise support for the platform.

I don't think a buildfarm animal that doesn't run the actual upstream
code is a good idea. That'll make it a lot harder to understand what's
going on when something breaks after a commit.  It'd also require the
custom patches being rebased ontop of $branch before every run...

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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