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To: V.Grabner <zen@zen.gklw.co.at>
Cc: postgres@postgres.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Re: SQL Interface (and more)
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 95 20:34:32 METDST
Message-ID: <9504281836.AA24668@behaim.faps.uni-erlangen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199504271511.RAA16755@zen.gklw.co.at>
> We would also be very interested in it.
>
> There are also a few things:
>
> We are using postgres on 2 different platforms (Linux + SunOs)
> here for a about a year, have it in CVS an we've it patched a lot.
>
I have also a number of patches done, I could commit.
> (minor bugs, changes (like "copy to,from"), stability enhancements, etc)
>
> We also have a list of "don't use" here, like
>
> hash indices -> break postgres (reproducable)
> the abstime type -> only seem to work without DST
> some array statements -> make the backend core-dump
> records > 8K data -> destroy the database with post mortem warning
> etc ..
>
> and we also extented some #defines like NBACKENDS and stuff for
> large scale databases.
>
> The question is:
>
> Are there enough people interrested to do a (public) project kind of like
> Postgres95, where we could fix some major problems , extend the monster and
> add the fault tolerance needed for normal use ?
>
Maybe an group could be built to manage a central source repository, where
hackers could send their patches to, and maybe an active developers group
is growing out of that.
Opinions???
Thomas
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