Re: Upgrading our minimum required flex version for 8.5

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Upgrading our minimum required flex version for 8.5
Date: 2009-07-12 22:57:23
Message-ID: 4A5A6A53.8020406@agliodbs.com
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> This is ready to go except for changing the minimum flex version test
> in configure (and associated documentation). I see that a good-sized
> fraction of the buildfarm is still on flex 2.5.4 and will therefore go
> red when this goes in. Should I hold off a bit longer, or is committing
> the best way to get their attention?

Oh, I didn't think about the Flex version. That's going to be a far
more widespread problem. OSX 10.5, for example, still ships with
2.5.33. I suspect that a *lot* of OSes won't have anything up-to-date.

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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
www.pgexperts.com

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