Re: Built-in plugin for logical decoding output

From: Alvaro Hernandez <aht(at)ongres(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br>, Gregory Brail <gregbrail(at)google(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Built-in plugin for logical decoding output
Date: 2017-09-25 18:20:00
Message-ID: cf3033d8-16d9-5b09-577f-30ce744c799b@ongres.com
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On 25/09/17 20:18, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2017-09-24 13:36:56 +0300, Alvaro Hernandez wrote:
>>     However, if DMS uses it for what I'd call production use, I assume it is
>> actually production quality. I bet they do enough testing, and don't ship
>> software to potentially millions of customers if it doesn't work well. So...
>> first, I'd consider this a a sign of robustness.
> You've been in software for how long? ... ;) There's quite mixed
> experiences with DMS.

    Actually long enough to understand that if someone "big" calls it
production quality, we should not be pickier and assume it is --whether
it is or not. People will accept it as such, and that's good enough.

;)

>
> FWIW, I don't think there's a huge problem w/ using test_decoding - the
> output isn't pretty but it's parseable. It's too verbose due to
> repeating column & type names (which also slows down), but...

    Everything is parseable. I don't have a big problem with that.
Stability is another issue: as long as it supports high volume
operations and doesn't break, it's acceptable enough.

    Álvaro

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Alvaro Hernandez

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