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

On 12/12/2013 08:18 AM, Wolfgang Keller wrote:

>
>> 2. Synchronous multi-master configuration
>
> Now back to the original thread:
>
>> Knowing the number of forks/projects based on Postgres, maintaining a
>> list on a wiki list the one below is just easier for everybody:
>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Replication,_Clustering,_and_Connection_Pooling
>
> That one doesn't even list PostgreSQL-XC.

Then update the page? It is a wiki.

>
> For how man years has it been around now...
> Can't even remember any more.
>
> Instead it lists Postgres-R, which has been in koma for how long now...
> Can't even remember any more.

Nope, it is actively developed and sponsored by Translattice.

>
>> Perhaps this list is not completely up-to-date,
>
> To call that an understatement would be an euphemism.
>
> It's simply misleading. And misleading potential users in search of
> solutions for their needs is *bad* for the PostgreSQL project.

Why are you arguing about this instead of just fixing it?

> Guys, are you really not aware to *that* point how badly you shoot
> yourself (and the PostgreSQL project as a whole) in the foot with that
> single - wrong - phrase in the "official" documentation:
>
> "PostgreSQL does not offer this type of replication"
>
> Reading that phrase, the average O***** DBA looking for a cheaper
> replacement will stop considering PostgreSQL and that's it. You're out
> of business. They won't look any further.

I agree.

> "PostgreSQL itself does not provide this as a built-in functionality at
> the current stage, but there is an open-source "fork" freely available
> under the same license as PostgreSQL that does, for details read:
>
> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Postgres-XC"
>
> Is that really too much work? Heck, give me write-authority on the
> documentation and I'll do it for you then. You've already wasted *way*

Submit a patch. Is that so hard? I don't understand why you are up in
arms about this.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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