On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 at 13:52, Jonathan S. Katz <jk...@postgresql.org> wrote:
> On 4/11/23 7:54 AM, Dave Page wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 at 11:58, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net > > <mailto:and...@dunslane.net>> wrote: > > > > For meson you just need to to "pip install meson ninja" in your > > python distro and you should be good to go (they will be installed > > in python's Scripts directory). Don't use chocolatey to install > > meson/ninja - I ran into issues doing that. > > > > AFAICT meson will use whatever version of VC you have installed, > > although I have only been testing with VC2019. > > > > OK, that sounds easy enough then (famous last words!) > > [RMT hat] > > Dave -- does this mean you see a way forward on moving the Windows > builds over to use Meson instead of MSVC? > I can see a way forward, yes. > > Do you think we'll have enough info by end of this week to make a > decision on whether we can drop MSVC in v16? > There's no way I can test anything this week - I'm on leave for most of it and AFK. But, my point was more that there are almost certainly more projects using the MSVC build system than the EDB installers; pgAdmin being just one example. -- Dave Page Blog: https://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com
