Re: AIX support

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, Sriram RK <sriram(dot)rk(at)outlook(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "tvk1271(at)gmail(dot)com" <tvk1271(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
Subject: Re: AIX support
Date: 2024-04-26 17:04:13
Message-ID: ZivejVSjcykrg1UA@momjian.us
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On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 10:16:34AM +0200, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2024-Apr-24, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > I agree that targeting PG 18 for a new-er AIX port is the reasonable
> > approach. If there is huge demand, someone can create an AIX fork for
> > PG 17 using the reverted patches --- yeah, lots of pain there, but we
> > have carried the AIX pain for too long with too little support.
>
> I'm not sure how large the demand would be for an AIX port specifically
> of 17, though. I mean, people using older versions can continue to use
> 16 until 18 is released. Upgrading past one major version is hardly
> unheard of.

Agreed. They seem to have packages for 11/12, and only 15 recently. I
don't see how PG 17 would be missed, unless there are many people
compiling from source.

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