From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Lucas <lucas75(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Jaime Casanova <jcasanov(at)systemguards(dot)com(dot)ec>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: scheduler in core |
Date: | 2010-02-21 15:12:15 |
Message-ID: | 201002211512.o1LFCFw14839@momjian.us |
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Pavel Stehule wrote:
> 2010/2/21 Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>:
> >> ? ?I believe that "in core" may be "installed by default" in case of
> >> ? ?the pgAgent or similar solution...
> >>
> >> ? ?Many big companies does not allow the developers to configure and
> >> ? ?install components.... we need to request everthing in 10 copies
> >> ? ?of forms...
> >>
> >> ? ?By making it "in core" or "installed by default" means that we
> >> ? ?have more chance that the db scheduler would be widely accepted...
> >>
> >
> > This reasoning just doesn't fly in the PostgreSQL world. PostgreSQL is
> > designed to be extensible, not a monolithic product. We're not going to
> > change that because some companies have insane corporate policies. ?The
> > answer, as Jefferson said in another context, is to "inform their
> > ignorance."
> >
> > That isn't to say that there isn't a case for an in core scheduler, but this
> > at least isn't a good reason for it.
>
> What I remember - this is exactly same discus like was about
> replication thre years ago
>
> fiirst strategy - we doesn't need it in core
> next we was last with replacation
We resisted putting replication into the core until we needed some
facilities that were only available from the core.
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