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

Dave Page wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Craig Ringer
> <craig@postnewspapers.com.au> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> No reason, other than I didn't realise they were needed to build extension.
> 

Ah, fair enough. I read:

> We do include the library. We don't include the headers or source for
> third party code though - that would be considered part of the build
> environment, just the same as the Windows SDK.

as "we don't want to distribute third-party headers even if required by
Pg's own headers" and thus thought you *did* know but by policy didn't
want to distribute them.

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Craig Ringer