Re: [PATCHES] Win32 Event log

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
> Of Andrew Dunstan
> Sent: 12 August 2004 18:15
> To: pgsql-hackers-win32
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] [PATCHES] Win32 Event log
> 
> 
> I am more and more coming to the conclusion that we should 
> either remove
> NT4 as a supported platform, or at least surround it with 
> very significant caveats. M$ is about to end the last 
> remaining bit of support for it, and has already stopped 
> publishing non-security fixes.
> 
> It looks like there are lots of legacy installations still 
> out there (heck, I see lots of RH7.3 and it's also out of support).
> 
> But there isn't any legacy native W32 Postgres, so we would 
> not be affecting any legacy users by not supporting NT4.
> 
> Thoughts?

Agreed. I did email the other day asking for it to be removed from the
release notes. The installer *will not* work on NT as it stands, and
that is what 99.99% of Windows users will try to install. In addition,
Andreas' symlink code certainly won't work on < SP4, and I have my
doubts whether it will work on SP4 - I've found nothing on the net to
indicate it will, despite it being 'compatible' with NTFS5.

Regards, Dave.

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