Re: windows distribution

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:11:51 -0800 (PST), Jeff Eckermann
<jeff_eckermann(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

>
> --- Nikola Skoric <nick-news(at)net4u(dot)hr> wrote:
>> Is there windows distribution of PostgreSQL? I
>> recieve contradictory
>> information :-) Some people say there is, some there
>> isn't. So, is
>> there? I've been browsing www.postresql.org
>> (http://www.postgresql.org/mirrors-ftp.html) but I
>> don't seem to find a
>> windows binary distribution... If there is one,
>> where can I download it?
>>
>
> There is no native Windows version of PostgreSQL, yet.
> Plenty of people use Cygwin emulation to run
> PostgreSQL on Windows. Reports are that it runs well
> enough, but doesn't scale too well. There also exists
> a beta (proof of concept?) port of PostgreSQL 7.2 by
> PeerDirect. This is reported to work pretty well, but
> is not supported by the PostgreSQL development group.
> You can read more about these options at
> http://techdocs.postgresql.org .
>
> A native Windows port is being actively developed at
> present. No-one knows when it will be completed, but
> we hope it will be ready for the next release, maybe
> another four to six months.
>
>> --
>> Pozdrav/Regards, Nikola [Nick] Skoric.
>> "...Usne, tice-rugalice - a u oku tajac
>> Da sam kaput sa dva lica, da sam Gospo'n
>> Propalica..."
>> http://newusers.cjb.net/ - site o Usenetu na
>> hrvatskom!
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This question appears to have been posted to the lists pretty much every
other day lately. Perhaps this information needs to be more prominently
displayed on the front page of the site: perhaps a box containing logos
for all major platforms linking either directly to the Downloads page or
to more information on using PostgreSQL on that platform. I reckon that
would do the trick.

--

Russell Brown