> -----Original Message----- > From: Hannu Krosing [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 12:10 PM > To: Jan Wieck > Cc: Scott Marlowe; PostgreSQL-development > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Issues tangential to win32 support > > > On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 22:51, Jan Wieck wrote: > > Scott Marlowe wrote: > > > There are some issues that the whole idea of a win32 port > should bring up. > > > One of them is whether or not postgresql should be rewritten as a > > > multi-threaded app. > > > > Please, don't add this one to it. > > > > I'm all for the native Windows port, yes, but I've discussed > > the multi-thread questions for days at Great Bridge, then > > again with my new employer, with people on shows and whatnot. > > > > Anything in the whole backend is designed with a multi- > > process model in mind. You'll not do that in any reasonable > > amount of time. > > IIRC you are replying to the man who _has_ actually don this ? > > Perhaps using an unreasonable amount of time but still ... :)
It took a few hundred man hours to do it. I see the whole Win32 port as a non issue. Several parties have already completed it (including the place where I work -- CONNX Solutions Inc.). If we did not do it or all parties who already did it were hit by a comet or something, someone else would accomplish it. It isn't trivial but it isn't impossible either. If a need is large enough, someone will manage it. The need is large enough. Ergo... Here are some other things related: A ready to go Win32 PosgreSQL package: http://www.dbexperts.net/postgresql An open source project to productize PostgreSQL for Windows (has gone nowhere so far): http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/winpackage/projdisplay.php A native Win32 port accomplished by a Japanese Group: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA023283/PostgreSQLe.html If you look under the "Gists for Patch" it contains exactly the same tasks that CONNX Solutions Inc. had to accomplish in every case. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
