Josh Berkus wrote: > Tom, > > > Hmm ... seems like the big question is not "where to keep them" but > > "who's gonna maintain them" ... without active maintenance they're > > just dead bits wherever they're stored, because MySQL and Postgres > > are both moving targets. > > > > These tools are a not insignificant part of our Plan for World > > Domination ;-) so it would be good if somebody stepped up to the > > plate and volunteered to take care of 'em. Anybody? > > Well, I'm planning on updating my2pg. Of the 3 packages available (one from > Thomas Lockhart, one from Donna Pavlusinc, and my2pg, originally from Max > Rudensky), it is the most functional. That's kind of a shame, since the Perl > is pretty sloppy, but it does work. > > I'd be happy to take the lead as maintainer of my2pg. But, I want to move it > to pgFoundry (due for launch as soon as I get my other 10 super-urgent tasks > out of the way) , and take it out of /contrib. I feel pretty strongly > that it will be more visible and easier to maintain on its own than in > /contrib. And what to do with the other db conversion tools? Seems they should be kept together. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
