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

čt 14. 5. 2026 v 22:10 odesílatel Josef Šimánek
<josef(dot)simanek(at)gmail(dot)com> napsal:
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> čt 14. 5. 2026 v 21:56 odesílatel Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> napsal:
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> > 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:
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> > > > On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 11:45:53PM -0700, Christophe Pettus wrote:
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> > > > >
> > > > > > 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:
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> > https://pgbackrest.org/
> >
> > I thought updating that would have been the first thing done if the
> > status changed.
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> Website was also updated, but seems not deployed.
> https://github.com/pgbackrest/website/commit/5516003b0f19900fe702b8afd1bc70bc16fede43
> I have reported.

site is updated now https://pgbackrest.org/

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