Re: status/timeline of pglogical?

On 11 May 2016 at 18:07, Josh berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:

> On 05/11/2016 09:35 AM, Dave Page wrote:
>
> >>> I strongly oppose recommending any non-core 'stuff' in the docs or
> >>> press releases/announcements (including pgAdmin 4).
>
> Well, the line I was going to add was this:
>
> Version 9.6 Beta 1 also makes [changes to the binary backup
> API](
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/functions-admin.html#FUNCTIONS-ADMIN-BACKUP-TABLE
> ).
> Users should test version 9.6 with PostgreSQL backup tools, including
> pgBackRest, Barman, WAL-E, and other packaged and in-house software.
> Users may also wish to test
> [pglogical](https://github.com/2ndQuadrant/pglogical/), the newest
> logical replication system for PostgreSQL, currently in beta.
>
> ... none of that is "recommending" anything; it's all about "please test
> these things", which is what a beta announcement is *for*. It also
> doesn't hurt us at all to show a lot of activity on the replication front.
>
> However, given that it's less than 24 hours before the beta release, I
> don't see that we can get consensus on this before it needs to go out,
> so taking that line out.
>

Agreed, no problem.

> I'll work on a separate beta announcement with the 2Q folks for later.
>

Thanks. Not trying to set a precedent on this.

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