Re: Integrating Replication into Core

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Integrating Replication into Core
Date: 2006-11-27 15:50:03
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> > I originally responded to the rest of your email but thought better of
> > it. The only thing I can say is, my experience is that something like
> > replication will only be productively completed, outside the community.
>
> This is like nVidia saying that "open source developers are not
> competent enough to understand the coding of a graphics card driver".
>

I believe you misunderstood me. I am not saying that replication can not
be built in an Open Source manner. Slony is a perfect example of that. I
am saying that involving the larger, general PostgreSQL community in
such a task would be counter-productive.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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