Re: [mail] Re: Windows Build System

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Tom Lane
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:37 AM
> To: Curtis Faith
> Cc: 'Al Sutton'; 'Bruce Momjian'; pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [mail] Re: [HACKERS] Windows Build System
>
>
> "Curtis Faith" <curtis(at)galtcapital(dot)com> writes:
> > If a developer can simply download the source, click on the Visual C++
> > project in the win32 directory and then build PostgreSQL, and they can
> > see that Windows is not the "poor stepchild" because the VC project is
> > well laid out, they will be more likely to use it for Windows projects
> > than MySQL which requires the CygWin tools (this means "really a Unix
> > product" to Windows developers).
>
> <flame on>
> In all honesty, I do not *want* Windows people to think that they're not
> running on the "poor stepchild" platform. If we go down that path,
> they'll start trying to run production databases on Windows, and then
> we'll get blamed for the instability of the platform, not to mention
> the likelihood that it ignores Unix semantics for fsync() and suchlike
> critical primitives.
>
> I have no objection to there being a Windows port that people can use
> to do SQL-client development on their laptops. But let us please not
> confuse this with an industrial-strength solution; nor give any level
> of support that might lead others to make such confusion.
>
> The MySQL guys made the right choice here: they don't want to buy into
> making Windows a grade-A platform, either.
> <flame off>
>
> regards, tom lane

Wow. I've been listening to the pros and cons for a while, and they've been
really interesting. However, to assume without ever using the native
Windows port that it is automatically a "poor stepchild" is unbelievable.

I believe that the port, as submitted, can be used as an industrial-strength
solution. I challenge you all to prove me wrong, but until you do, please
lay off the assumptions.

Regards,
Katie Ward
Principle Developer
PeerDirect Corporation