Re: tsearch2api project

From: andy <andy(at)squeakycode(dot)net>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: tsearch2api project
Date: 2007-10-17 18:12:39
Message-ID: 47165097.8010803@squeakycode.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Anyway, the picture that's starting to emerge for me is that we
> should repurpose contrib/tsearch2 as a repository for scripts
> and documentation to help people migrate from previous use of
> tsearch2 to use of the new core facilities; and for people who
> want to try to *not* migrate, but keep using the old API,
> a compatibility module on pgfoundry seems to make sense.

+1

> Also, something that's not been addressed at all yet, AFAICS,
> is providing a way to migrate an existing tsearch2 *configuration*
> (as opposed to data or application code). I'm not sure there can
> be any automatic way to do that, but at the very least we need
> some documentation about what corresponds to what.

I'm afraid the defaults have "just worked" for me, so I never played
with any of the config stuff (old or new)... I don't know if I'll be of
any help here.

-Andy

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