Re: AW: VS2022: Support Visual Studio 2022 on Windows

On 10/13/21 3:49 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Hans Buschmann <buschmann(at)nidsa(dot)net> writes:
>> In the long of this process Microsoft announced the general availability of VS200 for Monday, November 8, see
>> https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/join-us-november-8th-for-the-launch-of-visual-studio-2022/
>> This date is just some hours after the wrapup for our minor release on November 11.
> Ugh, bad timing.
>
>> Barring any objections I suggest to apply the patch just before this weekend in November to have the support for Microsofts Developer Suite for the following 3 months available.
> Immediately before a release is the worst possible time to be applying
> non-critical patches. I think better options are to
> (1) commit now, using the RC release's version as the minimum, or
> (2) wait till just after our release cycle.
>
> Of course, if we only plan to commit to HEAD and not back-patch,
> this is all moot.
>
>

No, we always try to backpatch these so that we can have buildfarm
animals that build all live branches.

I really don't see that we need to be in a hurry with this. There is no
requirement that we support VS2022 on day one of its release. Three
months really won't matter. Impatience doesn't serve us well here.

cheers

andrew

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