Re: darwin pgsql patches

Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
>> I'm thinking of creating a darwin_startup() called from
>> backend/main/main.c that would check the system version and abort the
>> startup if the system version is too old.

> ... this seems to be overkill.

I agree with Thomas here: platform-specific warts with a short life
expectancy are a bad idea.  We have more than enough warts already.
We don't need to hard-wire a check that tells people running on a
beta OS release that that beta has bugs.

            regards, tom lane