Re: narwhal and PGDLLIMPORT

On 02/04/2014 10:53 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
>> On 02/04/2014 09:34 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> My own opinion is that I've already wasted untold man-hours thanks to
>>> the random porting problems induced by Windows, a platform that I never
>>> have and never will care about personally. I will *not* spend my own
>>> time doing tests that someone else could do. If we can't get some
>>> effort contributed by someone who does use that platform, I'm personally
>>> prepared to declare the entire damn thing no longer supported.
>
>> Although that is obviously your prerogative it is important to remember
>> that Windows is easily the second most used version of PostgreSQL out
>> there (behind Linux).
>
> [ shrug... ] If it's so widely used, why is it so hard to find somebody
> who's willing to put in some development effort for it?

Well, from what I have seen of the Windows world there is a fairly sharp
demarcation between users and developers. So use does not necessarily
mean developer knowledge.

>
> regards, tom lane
>
>

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