From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
---|---|
To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: pg_migrator to /contrib in a later 9.0 beta |
Date: | 2010-05-06 02:14:07 |
Message-ID: | 1273112047.26743.44.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com |
Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
Thread: | |
Lists: | pgsql-hackers |
On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 20:24 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> >>
> >> So what was the conclusion here? Is pg_migrator going to be in contrib
> >> for beta2 or 3, after cleaning it up?
> >
> > Thanks for asking. :-) I can add pg_migrator to contrib by the end of
> > next week, so it will be in beta2. I will remove 8.4 as a migration
> > target, which will allow the removal of some C code and documentation
> > warnings. Unless I hear otherwise, I will start on it in the next few
> > days. Total work will be < 8 hours, including testing.
> >
> > One outstanding question is whether we want to rename pg_migrator to
> > something clearer, like pg_upgrade or pg_binary_upgrade. (pg_upgrade
> > was the original name for this migration method in the 1998.) I am
> > slightly concerned that the "migration" word is too associated with
> > cross-database-product migration. (There are no mentions of
> > "pg_migrator" in our CVS now, except for an 8.4 release note item
> > mention when pg_dump --binary-upgrade was added.)
>
> I think it will be confusing if we change the name, so I vote to not
> change the name.
Actually, I would vote yes to change the name. Once its in contrib, we
likely never will and this isn't really a migration tool. It is an
upgrade tool.
Joshua D. Drake
>
> --
> Robert Haas
> EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
> The Enterprise Postgres Company
>
--
PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor
Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 503.667.4564
Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering
From | Date | Subject | |
---|---|---|---|
Next Message | Takahiro Itagaki | 2010-05-06 02:14:43 | Re: CP949 for EUC-KR? |
Previous Message | Greg Smith | 2010-05-06 02:03:17 | Re: On a somewhat disappointing correspondence |