Re: [mail] Re: Windows Build System

"Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> I would also point out that we already list the Cygwin port of
> PostgreSQL as supported. Who ever gave that the kind of testing people
> are demanding now? I think the worst case scenario will be that our
> Win32 port is far better than the existing 'supported' solution.

A good point --- but what this is really about is expectations. If we
support a native Windows port then people will probably think that it's
okay to run production databases on that setup; whereas I doubt many
people would think that about the Cygwin-based port. So what we need to
know is whether the platform is actually stable enough that that's a
reasonable thing to do; so that we can plaster the docs with appropriate
disclaimers if necessary. Windows, unlike the other OSes mentioned in
this thread, has a long enough and sorry enough track record that it
seems appropriate to run such tests ...

regards, tom lane