Re: pgBackRest maintenance (was Re: Tablespace size in TB)

From: Josef Šimánek <josef(dot)simanek(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgBackRest maintenance (was Re: Tablespace size in TB)
Date: 2026-05-14 20:10:41
Message-ID: CAFp7QwoRSy2dwF1j=yqX_AdQc05r2gpD89_L-EGVM=vN+aOE4A@mail.gmail.com
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čt 14. 5. 2026 v 21:56 odesílatel Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> napsal:
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 07:54:30PM +0200, Josef Šimánek wrote:
> > čt 14. 5. 2026 v 19:26 odesílatel Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> napsal:
> > >
> > > On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 11:45:53PM -0700, Christophe Pettus wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On May 3, 2026, at 22:55, Ilya Kosmodemiansky <ik(at)dataegret(dot)com>
> > > > > wrote: Making a company-branded fork is the easiest (and wrong)
> > > > > step. Planning how to pick up the pgBackRest project or create a
> > > > > sustainable, community-driven fork that re-establishes at least the
> > > > > same reputation requires longer preparation. We all need patience.
> > > >
> > > > Dave was quite clear that someone "picking up the pgBackRest project"
> > > > was not on the table. I don't think that avenue is open.
> > > >
> > > > I would feel more sanguine about the idea that a new
> > > > community-sported fork will emerge if there were an existence proof
> > > > of it happening in the PostgreSQL community. I can't think of one.
> > >
> > > That happened with pgbouncer where development stopped and a new team
> > > picked it up. I think Peter Eisentraut was involved. With pgbackrest,
> > > I think a similar thing would need to happen, but with a new name.
> >
> > I think David is back and no fork is needed currently.
> > https://github.com/pgbackrest/pgbackrest/commit/b93a2b8807adabec02ef33cca838e30f109c3eba
>
> Well, the pgbackrest website doesn't say that:
>
> https://pgbackrest.org/
>
> I thought updating that would have been the first thing done if the
> status changed.

Website was also updated, but seems not deployed.
https://github.com/pgbackrest/website/commit/5516003b0f19900fe702b8afd1bc70bc16fede43
I have reported.

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