Re: [HACKERS] How much work is a native Windows application?

2002-05-09 Thread Steve Wampler
Christopher Browne wrote: If fixing PostgreSQL to work on Win32 caused a whole lot of breakage on the Unix side, that would _not_ be a win. It might do well on Win32, but breakage could lead to a LOSS of interest on Unix, as people decided to take the point of view that the developers

Re: [HACKERS] How much work is a native Windows application?

2002-05-09 Thread Jan Wieck
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think, and I know people are probably sick of me spouting opinions, that if you want a Windows presence for PostgreSQL, then we should write a real Win32 version. The crucial wrong word is the word we. If _you_ want a Windows

Re: [HACKERS] How much work is a native Windows application?

2002-05-09 Thread cbbrowne
I think, and I know people are probably sick of me spouting opinions, that if you want a Windows presence for PostgreSQL, then we should write a real Win32 version. The crucial wrong word is the word we. If _you_ want a Windows presence, then _you_ should write a real Win32 version. That

Re: [HACKERS] How much work is a native Windows application?

2002-05-09 Thread mlw
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think, and I know people are probably sick of me spouting opinions, that if you want a Windows presence for PostgreSQL, then we should write a real Win32 version. The crucial wrong word is the word we. If _you_ want a Windows presence, then _you_ should

Re: [HACKERS] How much work is a native Windows application?

2002-05-09 Thread Jean-Michel POURE
Le Jeudi 9 Mai 2002 16:55, mlw a écrit : Can a cygwin version of PostgreSQL see the native file system, like: C:\My Database, D:\postgres? You have the choice to keep Windows or Unix paths. Both are supported. /Jean-Michel POURE ---(end of

Re: [HACKERS] How much work is a native Windows application?

2002-05-09 Thread cbbrowne
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think, and I know people are probably sick of me spouting opinions, that if you want a Windows presence for PostgreSQL, then we should write a real Win32 version. The crucial wrong word is the word we. If _you_ want a Windows presence, then _you_ should write a

Re: [HACKERS] How much work is a native Windows application?

2002-05-09 Thread Hannu Krosing
On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 19:23, mlw wrote: Lee Kindness wrote: Sure It'd be nice to have a native PostgreSQL on XP Server (I don't see the point in consumer level Microsoft OSs) but how high is the demand? What's the prize? What are the current limitations - fork, semaphores, ugly

Re: [HACKERS] How much work is a native Windows application?

2002-05-09 Thread Hannu Krosing
On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 19:25, Tom Lane wrote: mlw [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have used the cygwin version too. It is a waste of time. No Windows user will ever accept it. No windows-only user is going to use the cygwin tools. With decent packaging, no windows-only user would even know we

Re: [HACKERS] How much work is a native Windows application?

2002-05-09 Thread Ernesto Gutierrez
Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: mlw [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have used the cygwin version too. It is a waste of time. No Windows user will ever accept it. No windows-only user is going to use the cygwin tools. With decent packaging, no windows-only user would even know we have