Re: [HACKERS] Win32 Port WAS: Not 7.5, but 8.0 ?

Andrew Sullivan <andrew@libertyrms.info>

From: Andrew Sullivan <andrew@libertyrms.info>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-11-18T17:34:03Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:24:25AM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Well, based on the feedback we're getting from the 7.4 release, the #1 issue 
> for non-postgresql users who are interested enough to post to message boards 
> is "Where is the Windows Port?"   This gets mentioned roughly 10 times as 

This is also, by the way, a reason not to say, "_X_ is planned for
the next release," unless there is acutal working code kicking
around.  Lots of people saw the remarks (I am among the guilty for
repeating it, I think) that a Windows port seemed to be planned for
7.4.  So some of us were guilty of flogging vapourware, I'm afraid.

A

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