On 6 May 2012 01:06, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: >> Well, absent user feedback, we could use our own 5-year rule and keep >> sco and unixware, and remove irix (2006). > > I think we should err on the side of removing less rather than more. > It won't hurt anything much to leave these around for another few > years.
I think it's better to force users of platforms like IRIX and BSD/OS, platforms which are obsolete according to any practical definition, to use earlier branches that presumably are known to have had a certain amount of testing. Supporting these platforms while "flying blind" seems to rather devalue what it means for a platform to be supported by Postgres. Presumably these users don't plan to stay on their platform of choice forever, and don't have terribly demanding needs, so I don't really see that we're doing them any kind of disservice. Continuing to support these platforms is actually the less conservative option. -- Peter Geoghegan http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers