Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 38082 invoked from network); 2 Apr 2010 14:03:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 2 Apr 2010 14:03:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 67519 invoked by uid 500); 2 Apr 2010 13:03:57 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 67461 invoked by uid 500); 2 Apr 2010 13:03:56 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 67453 invoked by uid 99); 2 Apr 2010 13:03:56 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:03:56 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=10.0 tests=AWL,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.217.211] (HELO mail-gx0-f211.google.com) (209.85.217.211) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:03:50 +0000 Received: by gxk3 with SMTP id 3so1855980gxk.13 for ; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:03:29 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.134.12 with HTTP; Fri, 2 Apr 2010 06:03:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2CBA4A84-781D-407D-AC75-D4BD02EB6137@apache.org> References: <4BB134A9.40709@skippinet.com.au> <3E309DFB-8E57-4001-9B13-F733BE9346F0@me.com> <4BB14CD2.9040700@gmail.com> <4BB29F57.5080309@gmail.com> <2CBA4A84-781D-407D-AC75-D4BD02EB6137@apache.org> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 16:03:28 +0300 Received: by 10.101.21.13 with SMTP id y13mr912882ani.210.1270213408747; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:03:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Subject: Re: (lack of) couchdb windows binaries From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Juhani_R=E4nkimies?= To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Jan Lehnardt wrote: > 2) Although we support Windows as a target, the current state of both CouchDB > and Erlang make it impossible for certain operations to succeed. Most notably > compaction (a feature that can be faked with local replication) and the quick > succession of deleting and creating databases (which the test suite does, but > is a rare production use). Because the two main issues are easy to work > around, Windows users are happy to use CouchDB in their environment. > I disagree on the easiness of the compaction workaround. It's not useable on a busy db. Please, review and commit COUCHDB-86 asap. Cheers, -juhani