Re: win32 port getting popular

Merlin Moncure wrote:

>The binary win32 port has been downloaded over 3000 times since May 6,
>which averages to over 1000/week (and steadily increasing).  This is
>with no mention except for win32-hackers list and Bruce's win32 status
>page.  This is of course in addition to users who have compiled the
>database from source.
>
>Type in 'win32 native port' or 'win32 status page' into google, and
>Bruce's win32 status page comes up first or second (notice no mention of
>Postgres in search criteria).
>
>With NT having a as of yet pretty sizable chunk of the low/mid range
>server market, this is a pretty big deal...I'm pretty excited!  My
>personal experiences with it so far are extremely positive.
>
>
>

This is all good news.


 From what I can see, what we need before feature freeze is:

. fsync mods
. SCM code
. finish up pg_ctl (3 issues I am aware of):
  - behaviour of getopt_long
  - interaction with SCM
  - form of startup command under Windows.


Is that right?

cheers

andrew