| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: pg_upgrade project status |
| Date: | 2009-01-27 14:30:25 |
| Message-ID: | 497F1A81.9050004@dunslane.net |
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Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> The current project is not in good shape. Feature freeze is coming and
> nothing is committed. Currently there are three patches in the game:
>
>
[...]
> 2) pg_upgrade.sh
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-12/msg00248.php
>
> Pg_upgrade.sh is shell script for catalog conversion. It works for
> 8.3->8.4 upgrade. It will be useful while we will not have better
> solution. Disadvantage is that it is korn shell script. The idea is to
> rewrite it in PERL which is more portable, but I'm not PERL expert and
> currently there is no workable solution.
>
> And what is deadline for it? We can delivery it later with 8.4.1, but
> best time for testing is during betas and RC period.
>
>
>
I have had a very brief look at this. Translation to perl doesn't look
difficult. I'll see what I can do during the next week or so.
cheers
andrew
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