Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: PG replication across DataCenters)

From: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Wolfgang Keller <feliphil(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: PG replication across DataCenters)
Date: 2013-12-10 20:27:26
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Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Wolfgang Keller <feliphil(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:

>>> postgresql-xc is not postgresql, its a fork.
>
>> It would at least merit being mentioned in the doc, just like
>> other "forks" or whatever you may call it, as long as they're
>> open-source.
>
> You seem to not realize how many forks of Postgres there are.
> There's no way that we can even track them all, let alone cater
> for them in our documentation.

Just to give the OP a view onto some of the forks we do know about:

https://raw.github.com/daamien/artwork/master/inkscape/PostgreSQL_timeline/timeline_postgresql.png

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Kevin Grittner
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The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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