Re: PSA: Autoconf has risen from the dead

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PSA: Autoconf has risen from the dead
Date: 2022-07-03 14:41:43
Message-ID: CA+TgmoaH=LUU=fXbRRPT4OOJRgiDe_xiv=jyZ7hqTaqtWaG3Gw@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 1:42 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> On the whole, I'm questioning the value of messing with our autoconf
> infrastructure at this stage. We did agree at PGCon that we'd keep
> it going for a couple years more, but it's not real clear to me why
> we can't limp along with 2.69 until we decide to drop it.

If building it on macOS is going to be annoying, then -1 from me for
upgrading to a new version until that's resolved.

Hmm, I also don't know how annoying it's going to be to get the new
ninja/meson stuff working on macOS ... I really hope someone puts a
good set of directions on the wiki or in the documentation or
someplace.

--
Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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