Re: [PATCHES] Win32 Event log

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-hackers-win32-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-win32-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf
> Of Andrew Dunstan
> Sent: 12 August 2004 18:15
> To: pgsql-hackers-win32
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] [PATCHES] Win32 Event log
>
>
> I am more and more coming to the conclusion that we should
> either remove
> NT4 as a supported platform, or at least surround it with
> very significant caveats. M$ is about to end the last
> remaining bit of support for it, and has already stopped
> publishing non-security fixes.
>
> It looks like there are lots of legacy installations still
> out there (heck, I see lots of RH7.3 and it's also out of support).
>
> But there isn't any legacy native W32 Postgres, so we would
> not be affecting any legacy users by not supporting NT4.
>
> Thoughts?

Agreed. I did email the other day asking for it to be removed from the
release notes. The installer *will not* work on NT as it stands, and
that is what 99.99% of Windows users will try to install. In addition,
Andreas' symlink code certainly won't work on < SP4, and I have my
doubts whether it will work on SP4 - I've found nothing on the net to
indicate it will, despite it being 'compatible' with NTFS5.

Regards, Dave.