Re: v7.4 Beta 1 Bundle Available for Testing ...

On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 20:18, Dann Corbit wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The Hermit Hacker [mailto:scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 5:01 PM
> > To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > Cc: pgsql-announce(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > Subject: [GENERAL] v7.4 Beta 1 Bundle Available for Testing ...
> >
> > Just a quick note to everyone that v7.4 is now official in
> > Beta Freeze, with the first Bundle available for download,
> > testing and bug reports ...
> >
> > The Bundle is available on all FTP mirrors (in both .gz and
> > .bz2 format)
> > under:
> >
> > /pub/source/v7.4
> >
> > We encourage everyone that is able to download, test and
> > report any bugs on this release to do so, so that we can
> > ensure that this release is as strong as all our past releases.
> >
> > All bug reports should be addressed to: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
> >
>
> For me, I can only find these directories:
> ftp://ftp8.us.postgresql.org/pub/pgsql/source/v7.4/
> ftp://ftp8.us.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/source/v7.4/
> And both of them are empty.

Might be some lag in that mirror synching; try
ftp://ftp3.us.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/source/v7.4/

>
> When the drop eventually does become available will it contain any Win32
> stuff (raw as it is)?
>

depends on what you mean by any. I believe that the standard tarball
will compile under windows, but to what extent it will actually run I
couldn't say. This release is not intended for native use on windows
(that had to be pushed back to 7.5), though it will certainly run via
cygwin.

Robert Treat
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