Re: Embedding postgresql in an application

I am not outside the company that does this. I am not a member of that specific group within my company that packages the Postgresql with our application. So, I am not in the know about all the technical details.

Regards,
Sam

--- On Fri, 4/12/13, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:

> From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
> Subject: Re: [sfpug] Embedding postgresql in an application
> To: "Sam Talebbeik" <sam777t(at)yahoo(dot)com>
> Cc: sfpug(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Date: Friday, April 12, 2013, 4:21 PM
> On 04/08/2013 03:45 PM, Sam Talebbeik
> wrote:
> > Josh, one other reason that I have heard is to get some
> portability
> > and uniformity between Windows and Ubuntu. The process
> of installing
> > Postgresql from the command line will be more or less
> the same on the
> > two platforms which is, unzip the bundled zip file.
>
> We have clients who do this because they release packaged
> software,
> certainly.  However, these clients also have a
> packaging staff of two to
> five full-time engineers, and they still encounter all kinds
> of
> build/install issues.  So don't underestimate the
> amount of work you're
> biting off.
>
> > The issue of compatibility with the shared libraries is
> still there
> > and it looks like the developers have handled it by
> testing and
> > upgrading those system libraries when required. Maybe
> because
> > Postgresql has been "well behaved" in this area that
> they have been
> > able to get away with the cost of upgrading system
> libraries most of
> > the time.
>
> Mostly what vendors do is either:
> a) restrictively certify only specific OSes and versions,
> b) ship their own copies of these libraries,
> c) some combination of (a) and (b)
>
> > What it seems to me is that the developers started long
> ago with
> > using hand made legacy approaches to solve Popstgresql
> installation
> > from the command line on Ubuntu and Windows, and that
> project has
> > taken a life of its own. Nobody is looking at any new
> approaches to
> > the problem. At least this is what appears to me
> looking from the
> > outside.
>
> So if you're on the outside, why are you asking about it?
>
> --
> Josh Berkus
> PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
> http://pgexperts.com
>