Re: Upgrading our minimum required flex version for 8.5

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Upgrading our minimum required flex version for 8.5
Date: 2009-07-12 23:10:46
Message-ID: 4A5A6D76.7030509@dunslane.net
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Josh Berkus wrote:
>
>> 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.
>

That's the version Tom is proposing to make the minimum.

cheers

andrew

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