Re: PSA: Autoconf has risen from the dead - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: PSA: Autoconf has risen from the dead
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Msg-id CA+TgmoaH=LUU=fXbRRPT4OOJRgiDe_xiv=jyZ7hqTaqtWaG3Gw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: PSA: Autoconf has risen from the dead  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 1:42 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> On the whole, I'm questioning the value of messing with our autoconf
> infrastructure at this stage.  We did agree at PGCon that we'd keep
> it going for a couple years more, but it's not real clear to me why
> we can't limp along with 2.69 until we decide to drop it.

If building it on macOS is going to be annoying, then -1 from me for
upgrading to a new version until that's resolved.

Hmm, I also don't know how annoying it's going to be to get the new
ninja/meson stuff working on macOS ... I really hope someone puts a
good set of directions on the wiki or in the documentation or
someplace.

-- 
Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com



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