From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: 9.4 broken on alpha |
Date: | 2015-09-01 20:34:01 |
Message-ID: | CA+Tgmobjaizv_5KuXjn1SC2y1zRxucP=u9svWR1kSRn2uVTARw@mail.gmail.com |
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On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
>>> On 2015-09-01 14:40:36 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>>>> The best argument for continuing to support Alpha is probably that
>>>> Linux does.
>
>>> Not sure why that's an argument? I mean linux supports architectures
>>> without an MMU, but we'll surely never?
>
>> I'm just saying that, we're arguing that we can't do it, but they're
>> doing it, so presumably we could find a way if we were really
>> determined. I'm not saying that it's a good use of time, but Linux
>> seems to think it is.
>
> I think we've probably beat this to death. Nobody here believes that
> it's sane to try to support Alpha without access to hardware, and no
> offer of hardware has been forthcoming. If one were to materialize,
> we could usefully have a debate about whether it's worth doing ...
Yep.
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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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