Re: Visual Studio 2005, C-language function - avoiding hacks?

Dave Page wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Craig Ringer
> <craig@postnewspapers.com.au> wrote:
> 
>> How do _you_ go about building server extensions for Pg? Where do you
>> get the headers for gettext etc?
> 
> Same place I get the binaries - gnuwin32 mostly.
> 
>> I'm increasingly thinking the win32 package _should_ be split into
>> server binary and separate headers+pdb+sources packages, with the sdk
>> package including gettext headers and sources too. It'd be a LOT easier
>> to develop with Pg on win32 this way.
> 
> How does breaking it up into multiple packages make it easier?

What I was trying to say was "if you don't want to include gettext in
the main download, perhaps splitting all the dev files into a separate
package would permit you to add gettext and the rest".

I don't much like the fact that presently users have to go hunting for
the libraries, with not even a pointer included in the sources about
where they should look to find headers matching the shipped libraries,
and what version they need.

Why _not_ distribute gettext headers, though? Sources I can understand
for size reasons, but the headers are small and fuss free, and you need
the _right_ _versions_ to build against the Pg backend.

--
Craig Ringer