Re: Is a modern build system acceptable for older platforms

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> Which is nice
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OK

Again, nice

> Yeah, that's nice

I already use CMake

I'd do it, personally
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I suppose we have no one silver bullet reason to change autoconf+make to
CMake but it's cumulative impression.

Also, I suppose this thread started to resolve at least one small question.
It's should be something like voting, but I see here only a few people and
your and Tom's
answers very strange, you can't say definitely yes or no and you more
thinking about another people who not exist here.

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Some specific anwers:

Again, nice, but does that solve a real current problem?
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This is main reason why PGXS on windows not exist, also it's solve problems
with differents between MSVC versions and future releases.

Yeah, that's nice, but again, what're the real world benefits?
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it's just convinient, for easy work with Xcode for example.

Also, most people working on PostgreSQL are probably less bothered by
> the terminal.
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It's another one reson why windows users and students don't want to hack
Postgres.

Yep. FWIW, I already use CMake for some PostgreSQL extensions because
> of PGXS limitations and Windows support.
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And now, it can be problem if your postgres build by mingw or llvm for
example. (even under MSVC you can use clang now)
Enviroment start change quickly and it's too much efforts to support all
this by yourself.