Re: remove dead ports?

On 6 May 2012 01:06, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>> Well, absent user feedback, we could use our own 5-year rule and keep
>> sco and unixware, and remove irix (2006).
>
> I think we should err on the side of removing less rather than more.
> It won't hurt anything much to leave these around for another few
> years.

I think it's better to force users of platforms like IRIX and BSD/OS,
platforms which are obsolete according to any practical definition, to
use earlier branches that presumably are known to have had a certain
amount of testing. Supporting these platforms while "flying blind"
seems to rather devalue what it means for a platform to be supported
by Postgres. Presumably these users don't plan to stay on their
platform of choice forever, and don't have terribly demanding needs,
so I don't really see that we're doing them any kind of disservice.
Continuing to support these platforms is actually the less
conservative option.

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