Re: [DOCS] Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: [GENERAL] PG replication across DataCenters)

2013-12-17 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> It looks like it's been morphed into TED, the TransLattice Elastic > Database. From their FAQ[1]: > > TransLattice Elastic Database (TED) > > What’s the basis of TED? Did you write it from scratch? > > We started TED from PostgreSQL, a very robust, open-source, > ACID-compliant, fully transac

Re: [DOCS] Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: [GENERAL] PG replication across DataCenters)

2013-12-15 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: > > > > Instead it lists Postgres-R, which has been in koma for how long > > > now... Can't even remember any more. > > > > Nope, it is actively developed and sponsored by Translattice. > > "Actively developed"? > > http://www.postgres-r.org/

Re: [DOCS] Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: [GENERAL] PG replication across DataCenters)

2013-12-15 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> > Instead it lists Postgres-R, which has been in koma for how long > > now... Can't even remember any more. > > Nope, it is actively developed and sponsored by Translattice. "Actively developed"? http://www.postgres-r.org/ lists the last entry in the column "News" on the right with a date of 2

Re: [DOCS] Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: [GENERAL] PG replication across DataCenters)

2013-12-12 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On 12/12/2013 08:18 AM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: 2. Synchronous multi-master configuration Now back to the original thread: Knowing the number of forks/projects based on Postgres, maintaining a list on a wiki list the one below is just easier for everybody: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/R

Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: [GENERAL] PG replication across DataCenters)

2013-12-12 Thread Wolfgang Keller
I should have cross-posted this to pgsql-docs from the beginning, sorry for the mistake. For pgsql-docs readers: The issue is that the official documentation misleadingly omits the existence of Postgresql-XC: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/different-replication-solutions.html? > Syn

Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: [GENERAL] PG replication across DataCenters)

2013-12-11 Thread Chris Travers
Postgres-XC isn't PostgreSQL. Entirely different product. > > Anyone can add pages to the wiki, and there's lots of information > there about things that aren't postgresql, Postgres-XC is just > one of those. > I think "entirely different product" is not really accurate. It isn't just a fork, but

Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: [GENERAL] PG replication across DataCenters)

2013-12-11 Thread Michael Paquier
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 3:19 AM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: >> >> postgresql-xc is not postgresql, its a fork. >> >> > It would at least merit being mentioned in the doc, just like other >> > "forks" or whatever you may call it, as long as they're open-source. >> >> You seem to not realize how many fo

Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: [GENERAL] PG replication across DataCenters)

2013-12-11 Thread Sameer Kumar
To be honest your request/demand expectation is quite unfair. have you seen cross link on Suse and Red Hat and Ubuntu and SE Linux and Debian and... (well I would need a google search for adding more here) By far I guess PostgreSQL community documentation is the one of the most organized doc store

Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: [GENERAL] PG replication across DataCenters)

2013-12-11 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> >> postgresql-xc is not postgresql, its a fork. > > > It would at least merit being mentioned in the doc, just like other > > "forks" or whatever you may call it, as long as they're open-source. > > You seem to not realize how many forks of Postgres there are. I had mentioned just one. And th

Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: [GENERAL] PG replication across DataCenters)

2013-12-10 Thread Kevin Grittner
Tom Lane wrote: > Wolfgang Keller writes: >>> postgresql-xc is not postgresql, its a fork. > >> It would at least merit being mentioned in the doc, just like >> other "forks" or whatever you may call it, as long as they're >> open-source. > > You seem to not realize how many forks of Postgres th

Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: [GENERAL] PG replication across DataCenters)

2013-12-10 Thread Tom Lane
Wolfgang Keller writes: >> postgresql-xc is not postgresql, its a fork. > It would at least merit being mentioned in the doc, just like other > "forks" or whatever you may call it, as long as they're open-source. You seem to not realize how many forks of Postgres there are. There's no way that w

Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: [GENERAL] PG replication across DataCenters)

2013-12-10 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> > Seems to me that the editing process of the different parts of > > postgresql.org somewhat lacks transactional semantics. > > postgresql-xc is not postgresql, its a fork. As an end-user, why would I care. Since, besides that it's still open-source (even same license as PostgreSQL itself...?)

Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: [GENERAL] PG replication across DataCenters)

2013-12-10 Thread John R Pierce
On 12/10/2013 8:47 AM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: Seems to me that the editing process of the different parts of postgresql.org somewhat lacks transactional semantics. postgresql-xc is not postgresql, its a fork.there's other forks that offer distributed databases, such as greenplum. -- jo

Re: postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: [GENERAL] PG replication across DataCenters)

2013-12-10 Thread Steve Atkins
On Dec 10, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: >> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/different-replication-solutions.html? > >> Synchronous Multimaster Replication > > *snip* > >> PostgreSQL does not offer this type of replication (...) > > Now I compare that statement with: > >

postgresql.org inconsistent (Re: [GENERAL] PG replication across DataCenters)

2013-12-10 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/different-replication-solutions.html? > Synchronous Multimaster Replication *snip* > PostgreSQL does not offer this type of replication (...) Now I compare that statement with: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Postgres-XC > Project Overview *snip*