"Dave Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I would also point out that we already list the Cygwin port of
> PostgreSQL as supported. Who ever gave that the kind of testing people
> are demanding now? I think the worst case scenario will be that our
> Win32 port is far better than the existing 'supported' solution.

A good point --- but what this is really about is expectations.  If we
support a native Windows port then people will probably think that it's
okay to run production databases on that setup; whereas I doubt many
people would think that about the Cygwin-based port.  So what we need to
know is whether the platform is actually stable enough that that's a
reasonable thing to do; so that we can plaster the docs with appropriate
disclaimers if necessary.  Windows, unlike the other OSes mentioned in
this thread, has a long enough and sorry enough track record that it
seems appropriate to run such tests ...

                        regards, tom lane

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