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David Fetter  
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 More options Feb 16 2010, 1:02 pm
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From: da...@fetter.org (David Fetter)
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:02:14 -0800
Local: Tues, Feb 16 2010 1:02 pm
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] OpenVMS?
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On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:39:29PM -0500, Rayson Ho wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:22 AM, David Fetter wrote:
> > * Shell access from several accounts
> > * Git or cvs client
> > * Compiler tools
> > * Perl of a fairly recent vintage
> > * Outbound http access

> I had access to the HP testdrive before they closed it down (the
> Unix servers were down in Sept 08, but the VMS cluster was running
> till Jan 2010). They blocked all outbound internet access to the
> testdrive servers -- only telnet and ftp were allowed.

Outbound http access is for the buildfarm, which is pretty important
to how we develop.

> Count me in for the OpenVMS porting effort (but I guess I will apply
> for an account seperately as I might port other things to OpenVMS in
> the future).  I believe the porting effort is larger than a new Unix
> port but smaller than the Windows port, as most of the Unix and
> POSIX functions and system calls are supported on OpenVMS.

You clearly know vastly more than I do about this, and should lead
this effort :)

> Lastly, are we going to support ODS-2 disks?? And are we going to
> require GNV installed for building and running PostgreSQL on
> OpenVMS??

You tell us :)

Cheers,
David.
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