Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Because MinGW/Msys doesn't come with flex/bison by default, I have added > > those derived files to the WIN32_DEV branch in CVS. It makes it easier > > for people to install _just_ MinGW and compile PostgreSQL on Win32. The > > branch will live for only 1-2 months until we start 7.5 development. > > Those files will not be moved into the main branch. > > > > Should those files be in WIN32_DEV CVS, or should they be removed, and > > require people to install bison/flex on MinGW. Even though they will > > be updated infrequently, there is concern about CVS file bloat. > > I think a more appropriate question is how many ppl are working on > WIN32_DEV *from* CVS that don't have flex/bison available ... if nobody, > having those files in CVS is *really* useless and the whole argument is > moot ...
I don't know. We would have to ask on the Win32 list, but the files were added specifically because several people asked about those missing files, and didn't/couldn't get bison/flex. Now that we have snapshots, I don't know how many have switched to those. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
