Re: Mirro updates

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Sullivan [mailto:andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info]
> Sent: 03 July 2003 17:24
> To: pgsql-hackers list
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Mirro updates
>
>
> (Sorry, been _way_ behind on the email reading.)
>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 10:18:06PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> > Yes, this is expected. Currently the website is not being
> mirrored due
> > to it's dependency on a backend database. We are
> considering different
> > ways of overcoming this problem in a useful way.
>
> Would one of the ways be to use replication of the main databases?
> There's more than one project around, some of which have been
> in contrib/, and _any_ proof to the public that PostgreSQL
> can indeed be replicated would be helpful, I'd say.

Been there, covered that :-)

In my opinion the difficulties of distributing schema updates and
changes from the constantly evolving site would put far too much of a
reliance on the mirror operators to handle updates we cannot replicate,
not to mention the fact they'd need to install PostgreSQL on their
server and give us access anyway - something I wouldn't be overly happy
about doing for one.

As it happens, much of the site is now mirrored anyway. All the static
parts are now mirrored, and happily link back to the main site where
they need to. I'm working on the docs at the moment (well, was yesterday
- been busy today) and once they're done, all that remains is the survey
and the news/events (which should be fairly straightforward as well).

Regards, Dave.