Re: pgsql-server/src backend/bootstrap/Tag: backen ...

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql-server/src backend/bootstrap/Tag: backen ...
Date: 2003-09-10 15:52:41
Message-ID: 200309101552.h8AFqfb02225@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > I don't understand why people are wasting time worrying about a few
> > files resurected in CVS to assist Win32.
>
> Because this approach incurs a long-term cost (CVS storage) to buy a
> short-term benefit (Windows developers might not need flex&bison).
> The long-term cost is not trivial --- if you look at the CVS history
> for the short interval that we kept these files in CVS, you will see
> lots of five-thousand-line diffs corresponding to trivial changes in
> the gram.y source. We abandoned that approach for very good reasons.
>
> It was already pointed out that Windows users wouldn't get any benefit
> at all unless they installed a CVS client. Surely if they can do that,
> they can install flex&bison too.
>
> We decided years ago that the minimum requirement to use our CVS sources
> on Unix systems was the ability to run flex and bison locally (and we've
> not had much patience with people running old versions of same, either).
> I don't see the argument why people helping to develop a cutting-edge
> Windows port should be expected to be less competent than every single
> Unix CVS user. (Other than the fact that they're using Windows in the
> first place of course ;-)))

I already said I am not updating the derived files unless we have to
make a Win32 fix for it. The CVS branch is only going to be active
until we start 7.5 development.

Marc, maybe you better make me a separate CVS tree for Win32, rather
than branch. There are too many people who's desire for perfect extends
even to the CVS branches.

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