Re: [HACKERS] Not 7.5, but 8.0 ?

Claudio Natoli wrote:
>
>
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
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> > > Speaking of which, any ETA on this? Bruce? If anyone from
> > core can indicate
> > > how they'd like this architected (from the perspective of code
> > > rearrangement), I'm willing to have a crack at this.
> >
> >     http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/win32.html
>
> No, sorry, I should have been clearer. Here I was referring specifically to
> the fork/exec parts, not the entire porting effort.
>
> [I remembered a post of yours of a few weeks ago, mentioning that the
> fork/exec bits might be in in "a few weeks"; something along the lines of
> that it was taking you a while not due to "issues", but simply a lack of
> time (can't find the exact message; might be mis-remembering)]
>
> Probably something you are close to completing, but if not, and you can
> describe how you'd prefer any rearrangement, I'm happy taking this one.

I am ready to work with anyone to make fork/exec happen.  It requires we
find out what globals are being set by the postmaster, and have the
child run those same routines.  I can show you examples of what I have
done and walk you through areas that need work.  If you look at the
EXEC_BACKEND defines in CVS, you can see what I have done so far.  We
need to have EXEC_BACKEND working on Unix first, then we can add the
CreateProcess call on Win32, so all this can be done on Unix first.

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