Re: Windows Build System

Curtis Faith <curtis@galtair.com>

From: "Curtis Faith" <curtis@galtair.com>
To: "'Hannu Krosing'" <hannu@tm.ee>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-01-22T20:38:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hannu Krosing asked:
> Does anyone know how MySQL and interbase/firebird do it ?
> 

From the MySQL web site for version 4.0:

"The Windows binaries use the Cygwin library. Source code for the
version of Cygwin we have used is available on this page."

I think this offers a very big opportunity to differentiate. If we had
project support it would make PostgreSQL a more natural choice for
Windows developers.

Even in a shop that uses Unix servers with Windows front-ends, having a
database server that runs on your own machine makes it much easier to
debug, write code on airplanes, etc.

- Curtis