From:
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To:
Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc:
PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject:
Re: Confusion over Python drivers
Date:
2010-02-05 14:43:18
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2010-02-05 14:19:26 from Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
2010-02-05 14:28:10 from "Massa, Harald Armin" <chef(at)ghum(dot)de>
2010-02-05 14:38:33 from Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
2010-02-05 19:22:50 from Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
2010-02-05 14:43:18 from Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
2010-02-05 14:45:45 from Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
2010-02-05 18:35:57 from Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
2010-02-05 18:50:32 from Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
2010-02-05 19:32:10 from Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
2010-02-05 14:45:32 from Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)com>
2010-02-05 14:46:14 from Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
2010-02-05 15:00:45 from Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
2010-02-05 17:01:42 from Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
2010-02-05 18:34:23 from Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
2010-02-05 19:54:39 from James William Pye <lists(at)jwp(dot)name>
2010-02-05 20:34:53 from Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>
2010-02-05 20:49:01 from Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
2010-02-06 00:39:53 from Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
2010-02-06 00:42:35 from Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
2010-02-06 02:18:58 from James William Pye <lists(at)jwp(dot)name>
2010-02-07 00:51:18 from Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
2010-02-07 04:50:31 from James William Pye <lists(at)jwp(dot)name>
2010-02-06 22:38:37 from Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
2010-02-06 23:55:30 from Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
2010-02-07 00:48:33 from Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>
2010-02-07 02:11:01 from Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
2010-02-07 10:20:13 from Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>
2010-02-07 11:27:45 from "Massa, Harald Armin" <chef(at)ghum(dot)de>
2010-02-07 19:50:05 from Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
2010-02-07 20:23:06 from Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
2010-02-07 10:18:26 from Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
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2010-02-08 09:06:46 from Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele(dot)bartolini(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)it>
2010-02-11 05:26:56 from Andrew McNamara <andrewm(at)object-craft(dot)com(dot)au>
2010-02-11 05:46:32 from Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
2010-02-11 06:04:08 from Andrew McNamara <andrewm(at)object-craft(dot)com(dot)au>
2010-02-07 23:53:26 from Andrew McNamara <andrewm(at)object-craft(dot)com(dot)au>
2010-02-08 00:19:33 from Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
2010-02-08 01:25:43 from Andrew McNamara <andrewm(at)object-craft(dot)com(dot)au>
2010-02-08 06:56:20 from Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
2010-02-08 19:50:37 from Florian Weimer <fw(at)deneb(dot)enyo(dot)de>
2010-02-08 22:15:57 from Andrew McNamara <andrewm(at)object-craft(dot)com(dot)au>
2010-02-08 23:34:25 from Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
2010-02-08 23:46:54 from Andrew McNamara <andrewm(at)object-craft(dot)com(dot)au>
2010-02-09 00:01:55 from Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
2010-02-09 01:51:09 from Andrew McNamara <andrewm(at)object-craft(dot)com(dot)au>
2010-02-09 02:38:47 from Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
2010-02-09 02:56:49 from Andrew McNamara <andrewm(at)object-craft(dot)com(dot)au>
2010-02-09 04:20:19 from Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
2010-02-09 04:32:26 from Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
2010-02-09 06:53:54 from Andrew McNamara <andrewm(at)object-craft(dot)com(dot)au>
2010-02-11 17:08:30 from "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
2010-02-12 07:28:26 from Andrew McNamara <andrewm(at)object-craft(dot)com(dot)au>
2010-02-12 14:31:27 from Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
2010-02-13 01:07:42 from Andrew McNamara <andrewm(at)object-craft(dot)com(dot)au>
2010-02-08 08:14:22 from "Massa, Harald Armin" <chef(at)ghum(dot)de>
2010-02-08 08:36:52 from Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
2010-02-08 11:55:11 from "Massa, Harald Armin" <chef(at)ghum(dot)de>
2010-02-08 23:50:53 from Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
2010-02-05 19:08:31 from James William Pye <lists(at)jwp(dot)name>
2010-02-05 20:51:06 from Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
2010-02-05 21:01:52 from Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
2010-02-05 23:47:19 from Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>
2010-02-07 06:40:35 from Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
2010-02-08 14:32:08 from "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
2010-02-08 19:29:42 from Florian Weimer <fw(at)deneb(dot)enyo(dot)de>
2010-02-08 20:38:40 from Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
2010-02-14 19:43:03 from Florian Weimer <fw(at)deneb(dot)enyo(dot)de>
2010-02-16 03:48:32 from Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
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On fre, 2010-02-05 at 09:19 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> While I realize experienced people can easily navigate this confusion,
> I
> am concerned about new Postgres adopters being very confused by this
> and
> it is hurting our database adoption in general.
>
> What is really needed is for someone to take charge of one of these
> projects and make a best-of-breed Python driver that can gain general
> acceptance as our preferred driver. I feel Python is too important a
> language to be left in this state.
The situation is unfortunate, but you might as well argue that too many
Linux desktops or Linux distributions confuse new users and hurt
adoption. These alternatives all exist for a reason, and it will be
difficult to get some of them to abandon their work with the aim of
reducing the overall "confusion".
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