Re: Threads vs processes - The Apache Way (Re: Path to PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From mlw
Subject Re: Threads vs processes - The Apache Way (Re: Path to PostgreSQL
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In response to Path to PostgreSQL portabiliy  (mlw <markw@mohawksoft.com>)
Responses pgAdmin2 to be included in Dev-C++  (Jean-Michel POURE <jm.poure@freesurf.fr>)
Re: Threads vs processes - The Apache Way (Re: Path to PostgreSQL  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Robert wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>   Win32 & threads support are both going to be a lot of work and maybe
> we'll need in the future one or both - is there any chance Postgres
> developers look at the Apache experience? Briefly, Apache 2 had the some
> problems as are discussed here (need to support Win, problems with Win32
> fork, questionable cygwin etc) and they decided to solve it once and for
> all with their Apache Portable Runtime and Multi-Processing Modules. APR
> was already mentioned here - now how about MPMs?

I am starting to come to the conclusion that the PostgreSQL group is satisfied
with cygwin, and the will to create a native Win32 version does not exist
outside of a few organizations that are paying developers to create one.

Without some buy-in from the core team, I'm not sure I am willing to spend my
time on it. If someone would be willing to fund the 100 or so man-hours
required to do it, then that would be a different story.


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