Re: Could regexp_matches be immutable?

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:51:13PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>>
>>> They are probably quite open to changing it, but IIRC it is a
>>> setting imposed by OpenACS, which is what they are based on.
>>
>> I seem to recall having asked this before ... but does OpenACS even
>> know what they're doing here? The difference between ERE mode and
>> ARE mode is awfully slight.
>
> That's not the worst of it :-( See
> <http://openacs.org/xowiki/How_to_install_in_Postgres_8.x>

This just illustrates the fact that at least as far as PostgreSQL is
concerned, OpenACS is a dead project. It's been at least 3 major
versions since they even attempted to keep compatible with PostgreSQL.

OpenACS could be revived as a PostgreSQL-supporting piece of software,
and that might be a good thing. It would entail adjusting OpenACS to
the things PostgreSQL has changed rather than the reverse.

Cheers,
David.
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