Dave Page wrote:
>
> * The stats collector bug which prevented stats being collected
> reliably, thus causing all the expected knock on effects (including
> near-total failure of autovacuum). The 8.2 fix for this was dependent
> on the redesign of the collector to remove the separate stats buffering
> process.
>
> * Semaphore issues, fixed by the native implementation in 8.2.
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I think these two justify declaring the Windows port at EOL prior to
8.2. The others probably not so much. (Who cares if pg_regress is not a
C program? Who besides developers uses it?)
I hope this will be a one-off exercise, though. In general we should
declare releases to be at EOL, not ports.
cheers
andrew
