> On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 11:48:50AM -0500, Mark Woodward wrote: >> Well, I'm sure that one "could" use debian's solution, but that's the >> problem, it isn't PostgreSQL's solution. Shouldn't PostgreSQL provide >> the >> mechanisms? Will debian support FreeBSD? NetBSD? Is it in the PostgreSQL >> admin manual? > > I meant that it's a good start. It's a fully functional solution (for > its intended audience) that works now and thus might give you ideas how > you want your solution to work.
I have a number of ideas as to how it would work and debian is certainly another reference point. > >> Argg, the pgfoundary is sort of the "free speech zones" that the U.S. >> sets >> up out of view of the president and the press. Yea, its there, and if >> you >> go out of your way, you can find it. Think of Arthur Dent's "The plans >> were on display!" > > My point is only that since trying to convince people on -hackers to > write the code isn't working, perhaps someone (you?) could write it > seperately for possible inclusion later. If someone writes it all > themselves then they can send a patch. OTOH if several people want to > collaborate on a solution, something like pgfoundary is useful. > Well, I said, at the top post, that I would write it, I'm not trying to convince anyone to to work on it. If others would like to help, that would certainly be OK. I'm trying to propose a feature, iron out how it should work, and get feedback before I implement it. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster