Re: pgsql-server: Update that 8.0 will support MS Win - Mailing list pgsql-committers

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> What text are people suggesting?

How do people feel about the attached doc patch?

Cheers,

Neil

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--- doc/src/sgml/release.sgml    26 Aug 2004 05:43:32 -0000
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        <listitem>
         <para>
          This is the first <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
!         release to natively run on Microsoft Windows as a server. It
!         can run as a Windows service. This release supports NT-based
!         Windows releases like Win2000, XP, Win2003.  Older releases
!         like Windows 95, 98, and ME are not supported because these
!         operating systems do not have the infrastructure to support
!         <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.  A separate installer
!         project has been created to ease installation on Windows:
          <ulink url="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller">
          http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller</ulink>.
         </para>
!        <para>
!         Previous releases required the Unix emulation toolkit Cygwin for
!         Win32 server support. <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
!         has always supported clients on Win32.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
--- 28,65 ----
        <listitem>
         <para>
          This is the first <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
!         release to natively run on Microsoft Windows as a server. This
!         release supports Windows 2000, XP, and 2003. Older releases of
!         Windows are not supported because they lack the infrastructure
!         necessary to support <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. A
!         separate installer project has been created to allow for easy
!         installation on Windows:
          <ulink url="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller">
          http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller</ulink>.
         </para>
!
!        <warning>
!         <para>
!          This is the first release of <productname>PostgreSQL</> to
!          natively support Win32. As a result, the Windows port of
!          <productname>PostgreSQL</> is less mature and likely less
!          stable than <productname>PostgreSQL</> on Unix. While we have
!          done our best to produce a high-quality release for Windows,
!          users accustomed to the stability and maturity of
!          <productname>PostgreSQL</> on Unix may not be satisfied by
!          the current state of <productname>PostgreSQL</> on
!          Windows. We expect the maturity of the Windows port to
!          significantly increase in the future. We encourage all
!          prospective users of <productname>PostgreSQL</> on Windows to
!          carefully evaluate the database system before putting it into
!          production use.
!         </para>
!        </warning>
!
!        <para>
!         Previous releases required the Unix emulation toolkit Cygwin
!         for Win32 server support. <productname>PostgreSQL</> has
!         supported clients on Win32 for a long time.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>