On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 6:56 PM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > > Robert Haas <robertmh...@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. > > Maybe we have to bite the bullet and keep MSVC for v16. > If we drop it as soon as v17 opens, there's probably not that > much incremental work involved compared to dropping for v16.
Not involved with any such build tasks anymore, but I think we can definitely assume there are others than EDB who do that. It's also used by people who build add-on modules to be loaded in the EDB-installer-installed systems, I'm sure. It seems a bit aggressive to those to drop the entire build system out just before beta. Thus, +1 on actually keeping it up and dropping it immediately as v17 opens, giving them a year of advantage. And probably updating the docs (if anybody were to read them.. but at least then we tried) stating that it's deprecated and will be removed in v17. -- Magnus Hagander Me: https://www.hagander.net/ Work: https://www.redpill-linpro.com/
