Re: pgAgent: C++ Port - Patch Review

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Linreg <linreg(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
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>> They have a limited list of platforms there, but FYI, RHEL 5 ships
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>> with Boost 1.41.0, so if that works, we're probably OK.
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> Please have an look to this Page
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> https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/
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> RHEL5 will be supported until 2017 or with extended support 2020!
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> you realy want to wait another 4 or 7 years and use old libs and compiler?
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> Is it not better to make an static linked version or to open a second branch
> (the number of patches is very low)?

We certainly won't support new versions of pgAgent (or pgAdmin) on
RHEL 5 for that long, but it is still in common use at the moment so
we're not dropping it just yet.

> nonetheless i will try to compile it with boost-feature from Boost 1.41.0.
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> i must remove the atomic-feature. this should be not a problem.

Thanks.

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