Re: pg_config MSVC makefile

Dave Page wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us]
> > Sent: 07 January 2005 15:14
> > To: Dave Page
> > Cc: Andrew Dunstan; Patches (PostgreSQL)
> > Subject: Re: [PATCHES] pg_config MSVC makefile
> >
> > I am not in favor of removing those makefiles in 8.1 unless
> > they become
> > more of a pain. If people are submitting patches it means they are
> > using them so they should be kept.
>
> Fair enough, but bear in mind that none of the fixes you or I made to
> the borland ones have ever been tested as far as I am aware - does
> anyone actually use them? Also, I'm using the Mingw build now, so

I think we got fixes for Borland for 7.4 after the 7.4 release so I
expect fixes post-8.0.0 for those.

> probably won't be spending time on the VC++ builds in the future. If
> others can maintain them I won't object.

Agreed.

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