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Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning


  • From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
  • To: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
  • Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Rob Butler <crodster2k(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Dennis Bjorklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org>, Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Win32 port list <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
  • Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning
  • Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:06:34 -0400 (EDT)
  • Message-id: <200408261706(dot)i7QH6Ye28241(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > 
> > Also, we probably have more beta testers on Win32 than on all Unix
> > platforms combined, though they might not be testing as thoroughly as
> > Unix.
> 
> 
> Maybe I am just being dense, but isn't this obvious? I mean this is the 
> first release of the Win32 code. Anybody who would be willing to put it
> in production without extensive testing deserves everything they get.
> 
> Then again we are talking about people who willinging use Windows as the 
> primary platform. Forget I brought it up.

I think there is concern that if the Win32 port is buggy that it will
give the project a bad reputation.  It will probably be distributed to
many who have never used PostgreSQL before.

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