Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:11:20 -0800
From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>,
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Subject: Re: WIP: About CMake v2
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On 2017-01-27 09:09:36 -0500, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> My preferred scenario would be to replace the Windows build system by
> this first, then refine it, then get rid of Autoconf.
> 
> The ideal timeline would be to have a ready patch to commit early in a
> development cycle, then get rid of the Windows build system by the end
> of it.  Naturally, this would need buy-in from Windows developers.
> 
> I don't foresee replacing the Autoconf build system by this immediately.

I'm very strongly against this path, it seems way too likely that we'll
end up with yet another fragile thing that nobody from the *nix side
will be able to test.

- Andres


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