Re: What I would say if someone asked me about no win32

The real answer is that we don't have enough full-time folks to work on
these complex features, and we only have one Tom Lane.

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> I ran out of time, just like the PITR guy.  Win32 takes tons of time,
> and working on the PostgreSQL project itself just doesn't allow enough
> time.
>
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> Josh Berkus wrote:
> > People,
> >
> > > Q. Hey, I read in a bunch of places that 7.4 was going to have native
> > > windows support, what gives?
> >
> > My answer:
> >
> > A. PostgreSQL has a well-deserved reputation for "bulletproof" reliability and
> > stability, which requires each new patch and plug-in to pass stringent
> > community testing.  The Win32 platform has proved to be more of a challenge
> > than we anticipated in this regard, and we would rather release our Windows
> > port late than release a version which might fail in production environments.
> >
> > But, Bruce, since you're head of the port, wanna comment on this?  We're
> > trying to prepare a "canned" answer for the inevitable questions.
> >
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> > Josh Berkus
> > Aglio Database Solutions
> > San Francisco
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