Re: pg_migrator issue with contrib

On Jun 7, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> I think it's becoming increasingly clear that pg_migrator is not for
>> the faint of heart; in fact, I think we should hedge references to it
>> with words like "experimental".
>
> Probably ...
>
>> Just to recall the history, the first pgfoundry
>> commit messages for this tool were on February 9th, three months
>> after
>> the start of the final CommitFest and feature freeze for 8.4. Since
>> then, development has proceeded at an amazingly rapid pace, but
>> there's only so much you can do in four months,
>
> ... but the above is a *complete* misrepresentation of the thing's
> history (apparently you failed to look in the Attic?). EDB have been
> using previous versions of this tool for some years, and the basic
> premise is the same as contrib/pg_upgrade that existed as far back as
> 7.1/7.2 timeframe.

I did know that EDB had been using the tool for a while, but I admit
I'm not familiar with the whole history. I had the impression that
we'd gotten a lot more serious about really making this rock solid
since Bruce took it in February. But maybe that's not the case?

...Robert