Re: [GENERAL] Announce: PostgreSQL-6.5.3 binaries available forWindowsNT
Kevin Lo <kevlo@hello.com.tw>
From: Kevin Lo <kevlo@hello.com.tw>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: David Warnock <david@sundayta.co.uk>, pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org
Date: 2000-01-05T06:10:18Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Kevin, > > > > We are interested in funding work to get postgresql working on Windows > > 9x. > > > > I know that cgywin is available for Win9x but that parts of the api are > > not available. > > > > Do you believe it will be possible to build and run postgresql on Win9x? > > How much work would be involved? > > I wonder if it would be easier to pay Cygnus to port the missing pieces. > Can you give us a detailed list of the missing features the PostgreSQL > needs the Cgywin doesn't have on Win9x? I'm gonna implement Tcl/Tk API with PostgreSQL, let users can write GUI apps. But it seems to take a lot of time... Some people told me they can use NT binaries on Win98. Well, I don't test it yet. > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle > maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue > + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 - Kevin