Re: [HACKERS] Not 7.5, but 8.0 ?
От | Hans-Jürgen Schönig |
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Тема | Re: [HACKERS] Not 7.5, but 8.0 ? |
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Msg-id | 3FB9CBE7.208@cybertec.at обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: Not 7.5, but 8.0 ? ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>) |
Список | pgsql-advocacy |
> Oh, and yeah, a win32 port. Yay, another OS port. Postgres runs on dozens of > OSes already. What's so exciting about one more? Even if it is a > pathologically hard OS to port to. Just because it was hard doesn't mean it's > useful. > Absolutely correct. PostgreSQL runs on so many platforms. I cannot see a reason why we should put effort in an inheritly nasty operating system which will cause A LOT of pain in the future. I can already hear the question we will have to face ... People using PostgreSQL are not MySQL or Access people - they know why they are using Linux. I have seen somebody asking for Windows once or twice in 4 yours. Is it worth the effort? Of course, many people use Windows - I can understand that for desktop PCs but personally I am in a bit different situation. We support PostgreSQL which means that people will cut my head off if something does not work. I don't trust Windows and I don't want to hunt bugs in PostgreSQL which are caused by an inferious and inheritly nasty operating system. As far as versioning is concerned: I am not in favour of pumping the version number to number. Here in Austria we call those things "versionitis" - it is a Windows-disease and should be cured. We have never lost against a different database because of a lower version number. I'd make 8.0 a "network release" meaning that 2pc, replication and things like that are supported. Regards, Hans V1.0 -- Cybertec Geschwinde u Schoenig Ludo-Hartmannplatz 1/14, A-1160 Vienna, Austria Tel: +43/2952/30706 or +43/660/816 40 77 www.cybertec.at, www.postgresql.at, kernel.cybertec.at
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