Re: Postgres 8.2.x support on Windows 2008

From: Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au>
To: jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Raji Sridar (raji)" <raji(at)cisco(dot)com>, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>, rod(at)iol(dot)ie, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgres 8.2.x support on Windows 2008
Date: 2009-03-17 06:10:47
Message-ID: 49BF3EE7.1030004@postnewspapers.com.au
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 23:02 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> "Raji Sridar (raji)" <raji(at)cisco(dot)com> writes:
>>> I don't mind going to 8.3 or later. I want to ensure that Postgres is
>>> tested on Windows 2008 and patches created like other platforms. How do
>>> I enable that?
>> Contribute a test machine to the buildfarm:
>> http://www.pgbuildfarm.org/index.html
>>
>> (Although I have to concede never having heard of "Windows 2008".
>> You sure you're not talking about Vista? If so, we have that
>> covered.)
>
> Its beta of Windows 7 server essentially.

Though not beta quality by any stretch; it's widely deployed and seems
to be pretty solid (for a Windows server).

Windows Server 2008 R2, currently in beta, is probably what you mean
when you're referring to the "Windows 7 Server" beta. It's an update
release of Windows Server 2008, kinda like Windows 98 Second Edition was
of Win98, that adds some features, polishes things, and (oddly for a
fairly minor release) drops 32 bit hardware support completely. It still
runs 32 bit programs, but the OS its self requires x86-64 support.

--
Craig Ringer

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