From: | "Kenji T(dot) Hollis" <khollis(at)Gawain(dot)Houston-InterWeb(dot)COM> |
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To: | Ryan Kirkpatrick <rkirkpat(at)nag(dot)cs(dot)colorado(dot)edu> |
Cc: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, Jeff Sturm <jsturm(at)zenacomp(dot)com> |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] PostGreSQL v6.2.1 for Linux Alpha |
Date: | 1998-02-15 02:15:59 |
Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.3.95.980215021202.11279A-100000@Gawain.Houston-InterWeb.COM |
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Ryan:
> As for you, Kenji, (not to be a jerk, but instead a reality
> check) just calm down and be patient, or jump in and
> help us (i.e. email Jeff and ask him what you can do to help, or get a
> new version of pgsql, apply the patch included in this email, and report
> back to us what happens). Nothing gets done by people continously asking
> for something to be done. And anyway, porting to the alpha, a 64bit
> architecture is not simple to say the very least. Add to that, a very
> large (I think 100k+ lines of code has been stated before) and powerful
> database to port, and things reach the near impossible point. We will get
> it figured out in due time, but we don't have 50 programmers working away
> at this all day long. Then again, you are not paying anything for the
> database. So I think things are fair. :)
I totally understand where you're coming from, however, I wrote over 4
months ago reporting the problem, and was kind of brushed off like it was
a non-issue, and I reported it twice. Same thing twice. Finally, I raise
hell about it and I get a response. I'm not impatient. I am currently
using msql for what I need and it seems to be getting the job done. I
just need somethimg much more powerful. PostGres is much more powerful.
I'm trying to help, but the first message I get was from some idiot on
this list who told me to fix the problem myself and quit whining. I don't
take kindly to people who write messages like those to me, especially when
I'm trying to help resolve an issue with the coders. I don't deserve to
be treated with this disrespect, and I never shoot back at any question I
get - the most I'll do is delete the message and bite my damn tongue.
So, now that you understand my position, I just wanted an update, and
wanted to help fix the problem.
> PS. Kenji, where did you get that pgsql would be running on Linux/Alpha in
> Jan '98? I have never seen any such projected date!
One of the coders told me this privately. I wish I had saved that
message!
-- Ken
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