Re: VS 2015 support in src/tools/msvc - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: VS 2015 support in src/tools/msvc
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Msg-id 57161AF1.9040104@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: VS 2015 support in src/tools/msvc  (Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>)
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On 04/19/2016 01:47 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> Michael Paquier wrote:
>>> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Michael Paquier
>>> <michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Now, I have produced two patches:
>>>> - 0001-Support-for-VS-2015-locale-hack.patch, which makes use of
>>>> __crt_locale_data_public in ucrt/corecrt.h. This is definitely an ugly
>>>> hack, though I am coming to think that this may be the approach that
>>>> would us the less harm, and that's closer to what is done for VS 2012
>>>> and 2013.
>>>> - 0001-Support-for-VS-2015-getlocaleinfoex.patch, which make use of
>>>> GetLocaleInfoEx, this requires us to lower a bit the support grid for
>>>> Windows, basically that's throwing support for XP if compilation is
>>>> done with VS 2015.
>>>> Based on my tests, both are working with short and long local names,
>>>> testing via initdb --locale.
>>> The first patch is actually not what I wanted to send. Here are the
>>> correct ones...
>> This thread seems to have stalled.  I thought we were going to consider
>> these patches for 9.6.  Should we simply push them to see what the
>> buildfarm thinks?
> We need to choose first which one we'd like to have, it would be great
> to get some input from Andrew or even Magnus here who I thought would
> get the last word.


trying to make some more time to spend on this. I hope to in the next 
day or two.

cheers

andrew





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