| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Windows support - PostgreSQL 8.0 and 8.1 |
| Date: | 2007-04-27 11:53:52 |
| Message-ID: | 4631E450.7060004@dunslane.net |
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Dave Page wrote:
>
> * The stats collector bug which prevented stats being collected
> reliably, thus causing all the expected knock on effects (including
> near-total failure of autovacuum). The 8.2 fix for this was dependent
> on the redesign of the collector to remove the separate stats buffering
> process.
>
> * Semaphore issues, fixed by the native implementation in 8.2.
>
>
>
I think these two justify declaring the Windows port at EOL prior to
8.2. The others probably not so much. (Who cares if pg_regress is not a
C program? Who besides developers uses it?)
I hope this will be a one-off exercise, though. In general we should
declare releases to be at EOL, not ports.
cheers
andrew
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