Re: Some questions about the NetWare Port - please comment

Tom Lane wrote:
> "Ulrich Neumann" <U_Neumann@gne.de> writes:
> > - 3 of the 8 mentioned sourcefiles are files that are heavily changed
> > for NetWare and I don't want to change the original files in this
> > case. I think it's better to have a copy of these files in the NetWare
> > folder. This gives me the chance to use some special features of the
> > NetWare platform without confusing people working on other
> > platforms. These files are postmaster.c, pgstat.c and postgres.c.
> 
> Having port-specific copies of those files strikes me as a maintenance
> nightmare.  They change constantly (at least postgres.c and postmaster.c
> do).
> 
> Why exactly do you need heavy changes in these files?
> 
> We could consider breaking down these files into smaller pieces in order
> to isolate platform dependencies, perhaps.

Agreed.  These files change so often that it doesn't really makes sense
for us to ship Netware-specific versions because we can't be sure they
match the original files in functionality.  Perhaps we should publish a
URL so people can download patches to apply on top of our official
releases for Netware.

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