Re: What X86/X64 OS's do we need coverage for?

On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Andrew Dunstan wrote:

>
>
> Larry Rosenman wrote:
>> It doesn't matter as far as MY box is concerned. I use VMWare extensively
>> in my current $DAYJOB, and I want to be able to test/play with things
>> related
>> to that as well. The box I'm building will be using the (free) VMWare
>> Server
>> as it's virtualization platform.
>>
>> I'd still like to hear from a Tom Lane or someone else on the project with
>> what
>> X86 or X86_64 OS's we need coverage for.
>>
>>
>
> VMWare Server is indeed a fine product, which I use extensively.
>
> I am not sure what our Windows support is like for x86_64. Magnus has one for
> MSVC (for which buildfarm support is nearly done, but not quite). But I don't
> see one for MinGW. OTOH, Windows is not free (in either sense) and setting up
> a build environment there is quite a bit harder than on Unix platforms.
If someone wants to supply the appropriate licenses, I would be willing to run
windows VM's on this beast. I don't have the free cash to pony up the licenses.

>
> The other platform I've whined about missing for some time is HP-UX,
> especially on PA-RISC. But that's a whole different story.
I'm seeing if I can use some HP-UX boxes I have at the office to supply
HP-UX 11.11 PA-800's. No guarantees at this point, but I am asking.

>
> cheers
>
> andrew
>
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