On 04/17/2013 07:45 PM, Thomas Munro wrote: > On 19 March 2013 01:00, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Wasim Arif <wasimarif@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:wasimarif@xxxxxxxxx>> writes: > > What is the road map for Postgres on the AIX platform? I > understand that > > the pg build farm contains an AIX 5.3 server; are there any plans to > > upgrade to 6.1 and 7.1? > > The reason there's an AIX 5.3 buildfarm member is that someone cares > enough about preserving portability to that platform to provide a > buildfarm member. If you're worried about other AIX releases, I suggest > you do likewise. It's not a huge burden. Basic info about it is here: > http://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/register-form.pl > > By and large, our approach to AIX is the same as to any other platform: > we'll support it as long as users of the platform provide testing and > any necessary portability fixes. That burden might fall more directly > on you, as one of a relatively small number of users, than it would on > somebody using say Linux or BSD. But as long as you are willing to do > some of the work you need not fear that we're planning to abandon you. > > > For those organisations running PostgreSQL on AIX, I wonder if it would > be possible for a member of 'IBM PartnerWorld' to use the free 'Virtual > Loaner' programme[1] to set up build farm members on a range of AIX > versions and POWER chips. > > My employer is in this category, but I am not in a position to > contribute company time patches or resources currently (although that > might change). From memory we've had to make a couple of local tweaks > to makefiles for our particular versions of things, although we are > mostly focussed on clients on AIX, not the server. But perhaps some of > the other (rare!) AIX users from the list might be able to look into VPL > farm animals? > > [1] http://www-304.ibm.com/partnerworld/wps/pub/systems/vlp/index hmm looks kinda interesting and better POWER coverage on the BF would be nice - if your company cannot donate time, maybe they could get someone from the community access to those systems for setting up bf animals? Stefan -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
