Re: The future of pgAdmin II...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henshall, Stuart - WCP
> [mailto:SHenshall@westcountrypublications.co.uk]
> Sent: 27 March 2002 10:55
> To: 'Dave Page'; pgadmin-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: RE: [pgadmin-hackers] The future of pgAdmin II...
>
>
> Hello,
>     I don't know what elements would be needed for .NET but
> it would certainly be a pain if older windows needed to spend
> ages downloading to get it working (or worse, couldn't get a
> .NET version working).

Windows 95 isn't supported by .NET, and even XP doesn't include the
framework. However, currently a pre-requisite is MDAC, which wouldn't be
required, neither would the >1Mb msvbvm60.dll.

However, I do take your point.

> Also I'm not sure but I thought the
> mono project had very few class libraries completed. If your
> wanting it working under linux in the near future wine may be
> the way to go (I don't know about other *nix though). Still
> in the future it may be the way to go (after the mono project
> shapes up etc...) .

Yeah, this is a problem with Mono, however I am talking *way* (== years) in
the future for pgAdmin III, by which time this shouldn't be a concern.

Regards, Dave.