Re: [PATCHES] Win32 Event log

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 
> 
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> >Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>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.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >What is the downside of supporting NT4 if we can?
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> It's that "if" I am concerned about. I think Dave and Merlin have just 
> showed us that, in addition to the eventlog limitations, there are 
> enough other reasons to say we really can't.
> 
> As for Andreas' point about people wanting to try PostgreSQL out on 
> low-cost platforms, if they need Windows they can use Cygwin still, and 
> otherwise they can use Linux or FreeBSD.
> 
> The point is that we have limited resources, and should not strain them 
> trying to support a platform that is itself unsupported and that makes 
> life difficult/impossible for us. If we had legacy users it might be a 
> different story.

I guess I am waiting for someone to report it doesn't work on NT4 SP4. 
How do we know it doesn't work?

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