[HACKERS] PostgreSQL project policy compendium

2009-12-16 Thread Kurt Harriman
On 12/16/2009 7:10 AM, Tom Lane wrote: the project policy is to not require any compiler features not found in C89. Is there somewhere a compendium of such policies which fledgling hackers should consult to avoid embarrassment? Regards, ... kurt -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL project policy compendium

2009-12-16 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On ons, 2009-12-16 at 07:44 -0800, Kurt Harriman wrote: On 12/16/2009 7:10 AM, Tom Lane wrote: the project policy is to not require any compiler features not found in C89. Is there somewhere a compendium of such policies which fledgling hackers should consult to avoid embarrassment?

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL project policy compendium

2009-12-16 Thread Robert Haas
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Kurt Harriman harri...@acm.org wrote: On 12/16/2009 7:10 AM, Tom Lane wrote: the project policy is to not require any compiler features not found in C89. Is there somewhere a compendium of such policies which fledgling hackers should consult to avoid

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL project policy compendium

2009-12-16 Thread Tom Lane
Robert Haas robertmh...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Kurt Harriman harri...@acm.org wrote: Is there somewhere a compendium of such policies which fledgling hackers should consult to avoid embarrassment? I do think your basic point is well-taken, though. There are a lot

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL project policy compendium

2009-12-16 Thread Greg Smith
Kurt Harriman wrote: On 12/16/2009 7:10 AM, Tom Lane wrote: the project policy is to not require any compiler features not found in C89. Is there somewhere a compendium of such policies which fledgling hackers should consult to avoid embarrassment? The list of suggestions at