Re: pg_config MSVC makefile

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "Patches (PostgreSQL)" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_config MSVC makefile
Date: 2005-01-07 17:06:31
Message-ID: 27151.1105117591@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
>> I recall proposing a couple months ago that we kill those makefiles,
>> but there was at least one objection at the time.

> My main concern is that they don't end up suffering terminal bit-rot
> because I stop helping maintain them - if we ship them, they should
> work.

Don't feel that it's on your head to keep them working. The project's
attitude towards port-specific files has always been that it's the
responsibility of the users of that port to keep 'em working. If there
are no users of a port, it will suffer bit-rot, and eventually we'll
decide to remove it. But I think it's a bit early to declare that there
are no users of the MSVC or Borland ports.

regards, tom lane

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