On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 19:24 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote: > > > True, we rely on the existence of rsync, scp etc.. and go to great pains > > > to provide as much choice as possible. > > > > > > If you think other things are required you are welcome to contribute > > > them so they can be verified fault free by the community. > > > > Well I already provided them, with pitrtools :P but my only point is > > that we really do need to make sure and be clear about what we provide. > > In true PostgreSQL fashion we only provide the functionality required to > > build the tools we need. > > As I said before, if you think something is missing, submit a software > or a doc patch and submit it to peer review. Until then, I think its > misleading to claim that only your magic spice makes replication work > correctly and to make out everybody else had to go through huge pains to > get it to work. Cos I get emails all the time saying how easy it was to > configure and easy to administrate. I didn't say only my magic does that. What I said was purely factual. That PostgreSQL by itself doesn't provide everything you need to get log shipping working and my *ONLY* point was that we should be clear when people ask, that they will have to roll their own to a degree. Stop being defensive. Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company, serving since 1997 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
