Update supported platforms list.

Author: petere

doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.225 2005/01/08 22:13:26 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.226 2005/01/10 09:01:04 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="installation">
  <title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
@@ -1461,7 +1461,10 @@ kill `cat /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid`
    installs according to these instructions and that the regression
    tests pass.  <quote>Build farm</quote> entries refer to builds
    reported by the <ulink url="http://www.pgbuildfarm.org/">PostgreSQL
-   Build Farm</ulink>.
+   Build Farm</ulink>.  Platform entries that show an older version of
+   PostgreSQL are those that did not receive explicit testing at the
+   time of release of version &majorversion; but that we still
+   expect to work.
   </para>
 
   <note>
@@ -1682,6 +1685,13 @@ kill `cat /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid`
         <entry>Build farm <systemitem class="systemname">canary</systemitem>, snapshot 2004-12-06 03:30:00</entry>
         <entry>1.6</entry>
        </row>
+       <row>
+        <entry><systemitem class="osname">OpenBSD</></entry>
+        <entry><systemitem>Sparc</></entry>
+        <entry>8.0.0</entry>
+        <entry>Chris Mair (<email>list@1006.org</email>), 2005-01-10</entry>
+        <entry>3.3</entry>
+       </row>
        <row>
         <entry><systemitem class="osname">OpenBSD</></entry>
         <entry><systemitem>Sparc64</></entry>
@@ -1760,6 +1770,13 @@ kill `cat /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid`
           <systemitem class="systemname">dragonfly</systemitem>, snapshot 2004-12-09 04:30:00 (<command>gcc</command>)</entry>
         <entry>Solaris 9; see also <filename>doc/FAQ_Solaris</filename></entry>
        </row>
+       <row>
+        <entry><systemitem class="osname">SUSE Linux</></entry>
+        <entry><systemitem>x86</></entry>
+        <entry>8.0.0</entry>
+        <entry>Peter Eisentraut (<email>peter_e@gmx.net</email>), 2005-01-10</entry>
+        <entry>9.1</entry>
+       </row>
        <row>
         <entry><systemitem class="osname">Tru64 UNIX</></entry>
         <entry><systemitem>Alpha</></entry>
@@ -1796,11 +1813,9 @@ kill `cat /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid`
    <title>Unsupported Platforms:</title>
    <para>
     The following platforms are either known not to work, or they used
-    to work in a previous release and we did not receive explicit
-    confirmation of a successful test with version &majorversion; at
-    the time this list was compiled.  We include these here to let you
-    know that these platforms <emphasis>could</> be supported if given
-    some attention.
+    to work in a fairly distant previous release.  We include these
+    here to let you know that these platforms <emphasis>could</> be
+    supported if given some attention.
    </para>
   </formalpara>
 
@@ -1821,59 +1836,49 @@ kill `cat /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid`
       <entry><systemitem class="osname">BeOS</></entry>
       <entry><systemitem>x86</></entry>
       <entry>7.2</entry>
-      <entry>2001-11-29,
-       Cyril Velter (<email>cyril.velter@libertysurf.fr</email>)</entry>
+      <entry>Cyril Velter (<email>cyril.velter@libertysurf.fr</email>), 2001-11-29</entry>
       <entry>needs updates to semaphore code</entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><systemitem class="osname">Linux</></entry>
       <entry><systemitem>PlayStation 2</></entry>
-      <entry>7.4</entry>
-      <entry>2003-11-02,
-       Peter Eisentraut (<email>peter_e@gmx.net</email>)</entry>
-      <entry>
-       needs new <filename>config.guess</filename>,
-       <option>--disable-spinlocks</option>
-      </entry>
+      <entry>8.0.0</entry>
+      <entry>Chris Mair (<email>list@1006.org</email>), 2005-01-09</entry>
+      <entry>requires <option>--disable-spinlocks</option> (works, but slow)</entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><systemitem class="osname">NetBSD</></entry>
       <entry><systemitem>Alpha</></entry>
       <entry>7.2</entry>
-      <entry>2001-11-20,
-       Thomas Thai (<email>tom@minnesota.com</email>)</entry>
+      <entry>Thomas Thai (<email>tom@minnesota.com</email>), 2001-11-20</entry>
       <entry>1.5W</entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><systemitem class="osname">NetBSD</></entry>
       <entry><systemitem>MIPS</></entry>
       <entry>7.2.1</entry>
-      <entry>2002-06-13,
-       Warwick Hunter (<email>whunter@agile.tv</email>)</entry>
+      <entry>Warwick Hunter (<email>whunter@agile.tv</email>), 2002-06-13</entry>
       <entry>1.5.3</entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><systemitem class="osname">NetBSD</></entry>
       <entry><systemitem>PowerPC</></entry>
       <entry>7.2</entry>
-      <entry>2001-11-28,
-       Bill Studenmund (<email>wrstuden@netbsd.org</email>)</entry>
+      <entry>Bill Studenmund (<email>wrstuden@netbsd.org</email>), 2001-11-28</entry>
       <entry>1.5</entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><systemitem class="osname">NetBSD</></entry>
       <entry><systemitem>VAX</></entry>
       <entry>7.1</entry>
-      <entry>2001-03-30,
-       Tom I. Helbekkmo (<email>tih@kpnQwest.no</email>)</entry>
+      <entry>Tom I. Helbekkmo (<email>tih@kpnQwest.no</email>), 2001-03-30</entry>
       <entry>1.5</entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><systemitem class="osname">QNX 4 RTOS</></entry>
       <entry><systemitem>x86</></entry>
       <entry>7.2</entry>
-      <entry>2001-12-10,
-       Bernd Tegge (<email>tegge@repas-aeg.de</email>)
+      <entry>Bernd Tegge (<email>tegge@repas-aeg.de</email>), 2001-12-10
       </entry>
       <entry>needs updates to semaphore code;
        see also <filename>doc/FAQ_QNX4</filename></entry>
@@ -1882,22 +1887,21 @@ kill `cat /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid`
       <entry><systemitem class="osname">QNX RTOS v6</></entry>
       <entry><systemitem>x86</></entry>
       <entry>7.2</entry>
-      <entry>2001-11-20, Igor Kovalenko (<email>Igor.Kovalenko@motorola.com</email>)</entry>
+      <entry>Igor Kovalenko (<email>Igor.Kovalenko@motorola.com</email>), 2001-11-20</entry>
       <entry>patches available in archives, but too late for 7.2</entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><systemitem class="osname">SCO OpenServer</></entry>
       <entry><systemitem>x86</></entry>
       <entry>7.3.1</entry>
-      <entry>2002-12-11, 
-       Shibashish Satpathy (<email>shib@postmark.net</>)</entry>
+      <entry>Shibashish Satpathy (<email>shib@postmark.net</>), 2002-12-11</entry>
       <entry>5.0.4, <command>gcc</>;  see also <filename>doc/FAQ_SCO</filename></entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><systemitem class="osname">SunOS 4</></entry>
       <entry><systemitem>Sparc</></entry>
       <entry>7.2</entry>
-      <entry>2001-12-04, Tatsuo Ishii (<email>t-ishii@sra.co.jp</email>)</entry>
+      <entry>Tatsuo Ishii (<email>t-ishii@sra.co.jp</email>), 2001-12-04</entry>
       <entry></entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>