Re: pg_upgrade code questions

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>, Takahiro Itagaki <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_upgrade code questions
Date: 2010-05-13 15:37:30
Message-ID: 9666.1273765050@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>> I have added SGML comments to comment out the text that mentions EDB
>> Advanced Server. Is that enough? Should I remove the text from the
>> SGML? Should I move it to the bottom of the SGML? Should I remove the
>> EnterpriseDB Advanced Server checks from the C code too? I don't
>> remember having to deal with anything like this before, so I am unclear
>> how to proceed.

> I say remove it. On all accounts.

> There's a fork of postgres for EDB AS, shouldn't there be a fork of
> pg_upgrade the same way, if it requires special code? The code in
> community postgresql certainly shouldn't have any EDB AS code in it.

Indeed. Given the (presumably large) delta between EDB's code and ours,
having to have some delta in pg_upgrade isn't going to make much
difference for them. I think the community code and docs should
completely omit any mention of that.

regards, tom lane

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