From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: When to drop src/tools/msvc support |
Date: | 2023-04-10 17:34:35 |
Message-ID: | CA+TgmoZwJ09Aw_igiLV7J-OPikii5PyW_iJyXCFtS1MdcY7hJQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 12:56 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > However, if this is the direction we're going, we probably need to
> > give pgsql-packagers a heads up ASAP, because anybody who is still
> > relying on the MSVC system to build Windows binaries is presumably
> > going to need some time to adjust. If we rip out the build system
> > somebody is using a couple of weeks before beta, that might make it
> > difficult for that person to get the beta out promptly. And I think
> > there's probably more than just EDB who would be in that situation.
>
> Oh ... that's a good point. Is there anyone besides EDB shipping
> MSVC-built executables? Would it even be practical to switch to
> meson with a month-or-so notice? Seems kind of tight, and it's
> not like the packagers volunteered to make this switch.
I can't really speak to those questions with confidence.
Perhaps instead of telling pgsql-packagers what we're doing, we could
instead ask them if it would work for them if we did XYZ. Then we
could use that information to inform our decision-making.
--
Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
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