Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL project policy compendium

2009-12-16 Thread Greg Smith
Kurt Harriman wrote: On 12/16/2009 7:10 AM, Tom Lane wrote: the project policy is to not require any compiler features not found > in C89. Is there somewhere a compendium of such policies which fledgling hackers should consult to avoid embarrassment? The list of suggestions at http://wiki.po

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL project policy compendium

2009-12-16 Thread Tom Lane
Robert Haas writes: > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Kurt Harriman wrote: >> Is there somewhere a compendium of such policies which >> fledgling hackers should consult to avoid embarrassment? > I do think your basic point is well-taken, though. There are a lot of > details about how we do th

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL project policy compendium

2009-12-16 Thread Robert Haas
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Kurt Harriman wrote: > On 12/16/2009 7:10 AM, Tom Lane wrote: >> >> the project policy is to not require any compiler features not found > >> in C89. > > Is there somewhere a compendium of such policies which > fledgling hackers should consult to avoid embarrassme

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL project policy compendium

2009-12-16 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On ons, 2009-12-16 at 07:44 -0800, Kurt Harriman wrote: > On 12/16/2009 7:10 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > > the project policy is to not require any compiler features not found > > in C89. > > Is there somewhere a compendium of such policies which > fledgling hackers should consult to avoid embarrassme

[HACKERS] PostgreSQL project policy compendium

2009-12-16 Thread Kurt Harriman
On 12/16/2009 7:10 AM, Tom Lane wrote: the project policy is to not require any compiler features not found > in C89. Is there somewhere a compendium of such policies which fledgling hackers should consult to avoid embarrassment? Regards, ... kurt -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsq