Re: Threaded PosgreSQL server

I would have to contend that the two will never been merged into one
source base. If the threaded server is done correctly, then many of the
internal structures and logic will be radically different. I have to
commend Mr. Scott for continuing on with this work when it was pretty
obvious from previous discussions that this would not be "well received".

On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 mkscott(at)sacadia(dot)com wrote:

>
>
> I would love to see this happen but they are already quite different and
> drifting further apart every day. I am trying integrate parts of the real
> PostgreSQL into threaded postgres as time permits.
>
> I think threaded postgres could serve as a vehicle for testing the
> relative value of using threads, but trying to merge patches would be a
> major task. I found the interesting marketing white paper the covers
> PostgreSQL, Illustra, Informix, DSA ( using threads ), and Datablade
> extensions. If
> nothing else, it shows that PostgreSQL extension model can be used in
> threaded environment.
>
> www.databaseassociates.com/pdf/infobj.pdf
>
> Myron Scott
> mkscott(at)sacadia(dot)com
>
>
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
> >
> > If someone wanted to submit appropriate patches for the v7.3 development
> > tree, that merge cleanly, I can't see why this wouldn't be a good thing
> > ...
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Dann Corbit wrote:
> >
> > > Are there any plans to merge the sources from the experimental threaded
> > > server and the forked server so that a compile switch could choose the
> > > model?
> > >

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