Re: Win32 defines

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Win32 defines
Date: 2003-04-05 17:53:11
Message-ID: 200304051753.h35HrBB14655@candle.pha.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 12:38:51PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Neil Conway wrote:
> >
> > > If we finish the native Win32 port, is there any need to keep the cygwin
> > > stuff around?
> >
> > They do ship PostgreSQL with cygwin, so we may need to keep it around,
> > at least for a few releases, and it isn't that big a port.
>
> Surely there's no need for a less performant, less reliable Cygwin port
> when a native Win32 one is available? If they ship it now, they
> probably won't need to later when the Win32 port is finished. Cygwin is
> already said to be "experimental" or non-commercial quality, AFAIR.
>
> Not that I care though...

I can remove it anytime people want it removed --- maybe once we have
Win32 stabalized and working 100%, we can remove it.

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