Re: Win32 native port

Marc G. Fournier wrote:

>'k ... quick and dirty summary .. Bruce will probably add to it, but I
>know he's busy ... he's so busy that some of the stuff that we put in
>place for the Win32 hasn't even been announced yet :)
>
>First, there was a branch created a couple of weeks ago: WIN32_DEV that
>you can access via anon cvs ... this is where work in Win32 is going to
>happen until its ready to be brought back into the mainstream, and is
>based on code from "date: 2003/08/08 17:17:17" (or thereabouts) ...
>
>Second, we created a list specifically for those wishing to dive into and
>work on this: pgsql-hackers-win32 ...
>
>Things are in beta right now, which means that most of the developers time
>is being spent hardening up for v7.4, but that doesn't preclude anyone
>from diving into that branch and submit'ng patches for it ... in fact, if
>you are kind enough to put WIN32_DEV in teh subject on postings to
>-patches, I'll happily merge in those patches to free up some of Bruce's
>time ...
>
>Right now, I'm the only one on the win32 list, so don't expect my heated
>discussions from me ... I'm a Unix guy, don't even have a Win box setup
>for compiling :)
>
>On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Joerg Hessdoerfer wrote:
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>>Hi!
>>
>>After holding my breath for quite a while, it bursts out... I'd really like to
>>get a status update on said port.
>>
>>The reason is, it's seemingly put on hold for me. After this port was talked
>>over on the list, there seemed to be an explosion of effort, with initial
>>success stories. I did read things like 'it compiles on MinGW' etc. pp. Now,
>>the issue seem pretty much dead - no more talk *at all* about it. Questioners
>>who wanted to get into development themselves where brushed off - 'we are
>>stuck there and there, but you can't help anyway' was the tenor.
>>
>>Well, I am very interested in this port, and actually ran the betas from
>>PeerDirect (beta3 mostly), which performed quite well in small-scale test
>>scenarios.
>>
>>So, I'd just like to ask the people involved to give a small summary on the
>>on-going(?) efforts, and possibly an open-points list, and even better, some
>>hints how to get involved myself(!).
>>
>>Questions would be:
>>- does it compile?
>>- on which compiler?
>>- which branch in CVS to use?
>>- what are the most needed open points?
>>- is anyone actively working on those?
>>
>>... you get the idea.
>>
>>Anyway, please don't take this mail as an offense, I (and quite some others)
>>*really* just want to know, and perhaps help out!
>>
>>Greetings, and thank you all for a great DB in the first place,
>> Joerg
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>On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Alexander Schulz wrote:
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>>Hi,
>>
>>I think this would be interesting for many postgresql users.
>>
>>The opensource database market is moving where quick at the moment, see
>>the sh*t with sapdb and mysql. So it would be very interesting if there
>>is a free alternative for windows and linux in the near future, because
>>some customers still use windows for some strange reason.
>>
>>Like Joerg I would like to offer support if needed.
>>
>>Thanks to everyone working for opensource.
>>
>>Mit freundlichen Gr?ssen
>>
>>Alexander Schulz
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>>Von: pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
>>[mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] Im Auftrag von Joerg
>>Hessdoerfer
>>Gesendet: Dienstag, 2. September 2003 12:31
>>An: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
>>Betreff: [HACKERS] Win32 native port
>>
>>
>>Hi!
>>
>>After holding my breath for quite a while, it bursts out... I'd really
>>like to
>>get a status update on said port.
>>
>>The reason is, it's seemingly put on hold for me. After this port was
>>talked
>>over on the list, there seemed to be an explosion of effort, with
>>initial
>>success stories. I did read things like 'it compiles on MinGW' etc. pp.
>>Now,
>>the issue seem pretty much dead - no more talk *at all* about it.
>>Questioners
>>who wanted to get into development themselves where brushed off - 'we
>>are
>>stuck there and there, but you can't help anyway' was the tenor.
>>
>>Well, I am very interested in this port, and actually ran the betas from
>>
>>PeerDirect (beta3 mostly), which performed quite well in small-scale
>>test
>>scenarios.
>>
>>So, I'd just like to ask the people involved to give a small summary on
>>the
>>on-going(?) efforts, and possibly an open-points list, and even better,
>>some
>>hints how to get involved myself(!).
>>
>>Questions would be:
>>- does it compile?
>>- on which compiler?
>>- which branch in CVS to use?
>>- what are the most needed open points?
>>- is anyone actively working on those?
>>
>>... you get the idea.
>>
>>Anyway, please don't take this mail as an offense, I (and quite some
>>others)
>>*really* just want to know, and perhaps help out!
>>
>>Greetings, and thank you all for a great DB in the first place,
>> Joerg
>>--
>>Leading SW developer - S.E.A GmbH
>>Mail: joerg(dot)hessdoerfer(at)sea-gmbh(dot)com
>>WWW: http://www.sea-gmbh.com
>>
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>On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Hannu Krosing wrote:
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>>Joerg Hessdoerfer kirjutas T, 02.09.2003 kell 13:30:
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>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>After holding my breath for quite a while, it bursts out... I'd really like to
>>>get a status update on said port.
>>>
>>>The reason is, it's seemingly put on hold for me. After this port was talked
>>>over on the list, there seemed to be an explosion of effort, with initial
>>>success stories. I did read things like 'it compiles on MinGW' etc. pp. Now,
>>>the issue seem pretty much dead - no more talk *at all* about it. Questioners
>>>who wanted to get into development themselves where brushed off - 'we are
>>>stuck there and there, but you can't help anyway' was the tenor.
>>>
>>>Well, I am very interested in this port, and actually ran the betas from
>>>PeerDirect (beta3 mostly), which performed quite well in small-scale test
>>>scenarios.
>>>
>>>
>>...
>>
>>
>>
>>>Anyway, please don't take this mail as an offense, I (and quite some others)
>>>*really* just want to know, and perhaps help out!
>>>
>>>
>>Currently the whole PGSQL/Win32-for-v7.4-or-perhaps-7.5-or-8.0 saga does
>>indeed seem like a microsoftesqe ploy to scare off commercial
>>PGSQL/Win32 vendors and keep postgresql an UNIX-only thing ;)
>>
>>-----------------
>>Hannu
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