| From: | Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Windows now has fdatasync() |
| Date: | 2022-04-08 07:10:49 |
| Message-ID: | Yk/f+Xq9WWldRK9k@paquier.xyz |
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On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 12:40:55AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> As long as the C11-isms are in MSVC-only code, it seems like this is
> exactly equivalent to setting a minimum MSVC version. I don't see
> an objection-in-principle there, it's just a practical question of
> how far back is reasonable to support MSVC versions. (That's very
> distinct from how far back we need the built code to run.)
Good question. Older versions of VS are available, so this is not a
problem:
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads/
I think that we should at least drop 2013, as there is a bunch of
stuff related to _MSC_VER < 1900 that could be removed with that,
particularly for locales.
--
Michael
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