Re: When to drop src/tools/msvc support

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: When to drop src/tools/msvc support
Date: 2023-04-11 14:12:54
Message-ID: 143545.1681222374@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> On 4/11/23 9:49 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Sadly, I think we really have to ship both build systems in v16.

> But maybe we can make it clear in the release notes + docs that this is
> slated for deprecation and will be removed from v17? That way we can say
> "we provided ample warning to move to the new build system."

Yes, we absolutely should do that, as already discussed upthread.

regards, tom lane

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