From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: remove dead ports? |
Date: | 2012-04-24 20:49:50 |
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On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> I propose that we remove support for the following OS ports from our
> source tree. They are totally dead, definitely don't work, and/or
> probably no one remembers what they even were. The code just bit rots
> and is in the way of future improvements.
I have no position on whether those operating systems are dead enough
to warrant removing support, but on a related point, I would like it
if we could get rid of as many spinlock implementations as are
applicable only to platforms that are effectively defunct. I'm
suspicious of s_lock.h's support for National Semiconductor 32K,
Renesas' M32R, Renesas' SuperH, UNIVEL, SINIX / Reliant UNIX,
Nextstep, and Sun3, all of which are either on your list above, or
stuff I've never heard of. I have no problem keeping whatever people
are still using, but it would be nice to eliminate anything that's
actually dead for the reasons you state.
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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