On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 1:26 AM, Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On 2015-01-22 11:24:31 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 09:01:39AM +0530, Amit Kapila wrote:
>> > > The
>> > > Windows-specif code we do carry is required and was developed by people
>> > > that are no longer as involved.
>> > >
>> >
>> > I have seen many a times that once committer's (those who are not generally
>> > involved in Windows development) get reasonable confidence about patch
>> > and the review done for the same, they commit the patch. It happens both
>> > for the patches where I was Author and where I was Reviewer, although I
>> > agree that it takes more time.
>>
>> Here is Windows change to properly detach the server process that never
>> got implemented as no Windows expert developed or tested a patch, but
>> test code was posted:
>>
>> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/53759381.4000205@cubiclesoft.com#53759381.4000205@cubiclesoft.com
>>
>> Here is another unapplied Windows patch for preventing Control-C from
>> closing the server:
>>
>> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20140410214426.GI6917@momjian.us#20140410214426.GI6917@momjian.us
>>
>> Again, I would love to say we handle Windows patches well, but we don't.
>
> I unfortunately don't the issue is that specific to windows.
FWIW, I am putting those things in my never-ending TODO list. Thanks
for the reminder, Bruce.
--
Michael