Re: CVS should die

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2004-11-14T02:25:02Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Thomas Hallgren wrote:

>
> GNU-Arch seems promising in some respects. It really can rename files 
> and track them using an id, but it doesn't run on Windows without 
> Cygwin (and even then not too well it seems). Personally I dislike the 
> fact that the author seems somewhat religious about free software and 
> hostile towards Windows instead of focusing on delivering a portable 
> solution. In my case, the fact that GNU-Arch is not portable is reason 
> enough to discard it as a viable alternative and I think it would be 
> unfortunate if PostgreSQL locked Windows users out from repository 
> access.
>
>

s/unfortunate/totally unacceptable/


cheers

andrew