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I think it was more about Solaris support than just the mere fact of having another build server. Sun Microsystems - and for a short time its new owner Oracle

I think it was more about Solaris support than just the mere fact of having another build server. Sun Microsystems - and for a short time its new owner Oracle - had provided three member servers to ensure PostgreSQL was stable on the Solaris operating system.

rbanffy 16y ago
Well... If we forget the Ubuntu genes, Nexenta could be described as Debian GNU/OpenSolaris ;-)
cageface 16y ago
With the end of OpenSolaris I think it would be wise for the open-source community to write off Solaris support. Time spent supporting Solaris is time better spent making Linux a better server OS and making sure that things like Postgres work as efficiently and reliably as possible on Linux.
- gleb_sitnikov 16y ago
  Linux will never get all enterprise features of Solaris. That OS, broken into a myriad of distributions, driven by lammers who think they are making smth great while they're not - is it gonna become your OS of choice for a mission critical system? Where did you see "the end of OpenSolaris"? Is all that FUD made by Linux users who I so happy to blame the competitor? See http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/opensolaris/overview/index.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/opensolaris...
dedward 16y ago
It was entirely about ensuring that postgres worked properly on Solaris - nothing at all to do with build speed or anything like that.