Re: AIX support

On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 10:16:34AM +0200, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2024-Apr-24, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > I agree that targeting PG 18 for a new-er AIX port is the reasonable
> > approach.  If there is huge demand, someone can create an AIX fork for
> > PG 17 using the reverted patches --- yeah, lots of pain there, but we
> > have carried the AIX pain for too long with too little support.
> 
> I'm not sure how large the demand would be for an AIX port specifically
> of 17, though.  I mean, people using older versions can continue to use
> 16 until 18 is released.  Upgrading past one major version is hardly
> unheard of.

Agreed.  They seem to have packages for 11/12, and only 15 recently.  I
don't see how PG 17 would be missed, unless there are many people
compiling from source.

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