On 02/04/2014 09:34 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>> If someone volunteered to pay for the storage, I'd be prepared to make
>> some time to create an AMI to reduce the startup time dramatically.
>> Basically it would be "boot the AMI and start testing your patches". I'd
>> even make it as friendly as possible for people who don't like to get
>> too far from unix-ish environments.
>
> My own opinion is that I've already wasted untold man-hours thanks to
> the random porting problems induced by Windows, a platform that I never
> have and never will care about personally. I will *not* spend my own
> time doing tests that someone else could do. If we can't get some
> effort contributed by someone who does use that platform, I'm personally
> prepared to declare the entire damn thing no longer supported.
Although that is obviously your prerogative it is important to remember
that Windows is easily the second most used version of PostgreSQL out
there (behind Linux).
I know many people that run it on Windows, especially in the medical
field. I also know many people that embed it (Apple not withstanding).
Yes it is an obnoxious platform but it is THE platform, no matter how
much we like to tout our Linux(Hiker) creds.
Sincerely,
JD
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