On Sun, Sep 04, 2016 at 08:26:12PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> writes:
> > I was tempted to back-patch this. The risk to back branch users seems
> > negligible, and it would be convenient for me as a person who builds all
> > branches. That reason is not good enough, so I plan not to back-patch. I
> > feel like I might be missing a stronger reason to back-patch.
>
> Hm, wouldn't it help reduce the cycle time for Windows buildfarm members?
> That might still not be adequate reason, but it's an advantage beyond
> time-saving for individual developers.
Yes; multi-core Windows buildfarm members could configure MSBFLAGS=/m to
finish more quickly.