Re: [GENERAL] Future of PostgreSQL

From: Marten Feldtmann <marten(at)feki(dot)toppoint(dot)de>
To: Ed Loehr <ELOEHR(at)austin(dot)rr(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Future of PostgreSQL
Date: 2000-01-02 20:24:56
Message-ID: 200001022024.VAA09396@feki.toppoint.de
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> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > My big question is, what new challenges will we face as we become more
> > popular?
>
> The 3 greatest technical/engineering challenges:
1) system reliability
> & recoverability,
2) system reliability & recoverability, and
3) system reliability
> and recoverability.

Well said ! Some other points I would like to see:

- do not go the way to add features and features and all these
features perhaps only fullfill 90% of the specifications.

- stable sql-standard execution and with all features sql offers
- remember all the groub by - having ...

- remove internal limits

- vacuumdb and the three points above ...

After working now three months with psql the situation has improved,
but I'm still not sure if I can put this database to our customers.

Marten

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