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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 13:34:35 -0400
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Subject: Re: When to drop src/tools/msvc support
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 12:56=E2=80=AFPM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote=
:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> > However, if this is the direction we're going, we probably need to
> > give pgsql-packagers a heads up ASAP, because anybody who is still
> > relying on the MSVC system to build Windows binaries is presumably
> > going to need some time to adjust. If we rip out the build system
> > somebody is using a couple of weeks before beta, that might make it
> > difficult for that person to get the beta out promptly. And I think
> > there's probably more than just EDB who would be in that situation.
>
> Oh ... that's a good point.  Is there anyone besides EDB shipping
> MSVC-built executables?  Would it even be practical to switch to
> meson with a month-or-so notice?  Seems kind of tight, and it's
> not like the packagers volunteered to make this switch.

I can't really speak to those questions with confidence.

Perhaps instead of telling pgsql-packagers what we're doing, we could
instead ask them if it would work for them if we did XYZ. Then we
could use that information to inform our decision-making.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com