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

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.
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> Dave was quite clear that someone "picking up the pgBackRest project"
> was not on the table. I don't think that avenue is open.
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> 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.

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