Re: When to drop src/tools/msvc support

On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 at 13:52, Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:

> On 4/11/23 7:54 AM, Dave Page wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 at 11:58, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net
> > <mailto:andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>> wrote:
> >
> > For meson you just need to to "pip install meson ninja" in your
> > python distro and you should be good to go (they will be installed
> > in python's Scripts directory). Don't use chocolatey to install
> > meson/ninja - I ran into issues doing that.
> >
> > AFAICT meson will use whatever version of VC you have installed,
> > although I have only been testing with VC2019.
> >
> > OK, that sounds easy enough then (famous last words!)
>
> [RMT hat]
>
> Dave -- does this mean you see a way forward on moving the Windows
> builds over to use Meson instead of MSVC?
>

I can see a way forward, yes.

>
> Do you think we'll have enough info by end of this week to make a
> decision on whether we can drop MSVC in v16?
>

There's no way I can test anything this week - I'm on leave for most of it
and AFK.

But, my point was more that there are almost certainly more projects using
the MSVC build system than the EDB installers; pgAdmin being just one
example.

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