Re: pg_migrator to /contrib in a later 9.0 beta

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, 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: 2010-05-02 19:30:37
Message-ID: 4BDDD2DD.7030509@dunslane.net
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> For example, I assume there
> will be some major version of Postgres where pg_migrator will not work
> at all.
>
>

We need to be thinking more now about such a contingency. Postgres use
in very large installations is now at such a level that requiring a
pg_dump/pg_restore is really not an option for many users. If
pg_migrator is not always going to work then we need to be addressing
that now, or else it is at best a stop-gap. ISTM some sort of page
layout versioning scheme might be at least part of what we'll need in
the medium term.

cheers

andrew

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