Re: [mail] Re: Win32 port patches submitted

Jan Wieck <janwieck@yahoo.com>

From: Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Al Sutton <al@alsutton.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Postgres development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-01-21T20:59:01Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> "Al Sutton" <al@alsutton.com> writes:
> > I would back keeping the windows specific files, and if anything moving the
> > code away from using the UNIX like programs.  My reasoning is that the more
> > unix tools you use for compiling, the less likley you are to attract
> > existing windows-only developers to work on the code.
> 
> You think we should drive away our existing unix developers in the mere
> hope of attracting windows developers?  Sorry, it isn't going to happen.

A compromise is a solution that makes all sides equally unhappy ... so
we should convert our build environment to ANT? Hey, just kidding ;-)


Jan

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