Re: Winflex docs and distro

Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Cc: PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-05-17T09:51:05Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 11:11 AM Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> wrote:
>
> > On 17 May 2021, at 10:17, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
>
> > Since PostgreSQL 9.3, in commit a266f7dd93b, we've added the text:
> >
> > +       The obsolete "winflex" binaries distributed on the PostgreSQL FTP site
>
> Which was slightly updated in 0a9ae44288d.

It's been touched a couple of times, but not in any material fashion.


> > At this point. I suggest we simply stop distributing winflex on our
> > download site, and just remove this note from the documentation.
>
> Sounds reasonable, are there (easily retrieved) logs/tracking for when it was
> accessed by anyone last?

Not really. We don't keep logs going very far back. I can see it being
accessed a handful of time in the past 14 days. But AFAICT from the
limited information we have it's all bots.

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Commits

  1. Remove obsolete reference to winflex download

  2. Winflex binary on FTP site doesn't work on 64-bit Windows, update docs.