Re: pg_migrator issue with contrib

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Brad Nicholson <bnichols(at)ca(dot)afilias(dot)info>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_migrator issue with contrib
Date: 2009-06-06 18:50:03
Message-ID: 13145.1244314203@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> So, here's what we need for 8.3 --> 8.4 for contrib modules:

> 1) make a list of contrib modules which do not convert cleanly (testers?)
> 2) document these.
> 3) give pg_migrator some hackish way to install 8.4 contrib modules from
> source before copying over the database.
> 4) set pg_migrator to ignore duplicate object warnings if it does the above.

1A) consider whether we can reduce/eliminate the conversion problems.
We have five days.

I don't think we need testing, per se. The first step should be to diff
the 8.3 and 8.4 versions of the various contrib .sql.in files and
determine what changed. Any module whose .sql.in file hasn't changed
is definitely safe.

regards, tom lane

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