| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: pg_migrator to /contrib in a later 9.0 beta |
| Date: | 2010-05-01 20:37:18 |
| Message-ID: | 201005012037.o41KbIf27429@momjian.us |
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> I think the big question is whether we want to provide a binary upgrade
> facility for Postgres. If so, pg_migrator is the only facility
> currently available, and I can't imagine another option appearing. I
> would love for pg_migrator to be easier to use, but I can't figure out
> how that can happen without an external OS-specific installer.
FYI, the length of this thread is kind of why I waited for beta to talk
about pg_migrator. pg_migrator is really external to the backend code
and now we have the leisure time to talk about it, understand what
/contrib is useful for, and make a decision.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
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