Re: What's planned for 7.5?

martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar (Martin Marques) writes:
> Mensaje citado por "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>:
>> Native Win32 is planned for it (whether it makes it or not is another
>> question, but it is the goal) ...
>
> Replication wasn't another BIG one?

Well, there are two "replication things" going on:

1. The eRserv Java server software is already available on gBorg.

It isn't likely to go into the software distribution any time
soon because of its dependence on Java. It really is an extra
add-on.

2. Jan Wieck's work on SLONY-1

Many are keen to see the code, but it's not out yet. And it is
not self-evident that it will necessarily be ready to release in
conjunction with 7.5 (Not to say it _can't_ happen, but just that
we'll see the code when we see it...)

It is planned to be implemented in C, so it would presumably be
more suitable for inclusion in the main code than eRserv. But it
stands as "hope," and not certainty.

And none of this is ...

3. PITR (Point In Time Recovery).

Where a characteristic "hope" would be to archive WAL files and
use them to bring a failed DB up to date.

Jan has plans to do something similar but _much_ less
obscure/opaque with SLONY-1. We'll see what happens...

Another fairly important item not mentioned: Nested Transactions.
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