Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] pg_filedump binary for CentOS

2010-10-21 Thread Bruce Momjian
Greg Stark wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > > Bruce Momjian writes: > >> Should we consider moving pg_filedump into our /contrib? > > > > Can't: it's GPL. > > > > I don't particularly see a problem with having GPL'd contrib modules. > It would mean any users hoping to

Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] pg_filedump binary for CentOS

2010-10-15 Thread Tom Lane
David Boreham writes: > Just wondering what was the motivation to GPL this code ? It was written at Red Hat and they have (or at least had at the time) a company policy of using GPL for any code written in-house. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list

Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] pg_filedump binary for CentOS

2010-10-15 Thread Tom Lane
Robert Haas writes: > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Greg Stark wrote: >> I don't particularly see a problem with having GPL'd contrib modules. > I think that's a bad idea for all kinds of reasons. Yeah. From my viewpoint as a downstream packager, it creates a mess. We've spent a great amou

Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] pg_filedump binary for CentOS

2010-10-15 Thread Andrew Dunstan
On 10/15/2010 02:36 AM, Greg Stark wrote: On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian writes: Should we consider moving pg_filedump into our /contrib? Can't: it's GPL. I don't particularly see a problem with having GPL'd contrib modules. It would mean any users hoping

Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] pg_filedump binary for CentOS

2010-10-15 Thread David Boreham
On 10/15/2010 7:24 AM, Robert Haas wrote: I think that's a bad idea for all kinds of reasons. For one thing, it seems that someone could easily end up copying some of that code into some other place. It would be *nice* to have this available as part of our regular distribution but I don't want

Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] pg_filedump binary for CentOS

2010-10-15 Thread Robert Haas
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Greg Stark wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> Bruce Momjian writes: >>> Should we consider moving pg_filedump into our /contrib? >> >> Can't: it's GPL. >> > > I don't particularly see a problem with having GPL'd contrib modules. > It wou

Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] pg_filedump binary for CentOS

2010-10-15 Thread Greg Stark
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: >> Should we consider moving pg_filedump into our /contrib? > > Can't: it's GPL. > I don't particularly see a problem with having GPL'd contrib modules. It would mean any users hoping to redistribute the package couldn't in

Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] pg_filedump binary for CentOS

2010-10-14 Thread David Fetter
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 05:53:30PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > Should we consider moving pg_filedump into our /contrib? > > Can't: it's GPL. Depends on whether we can get it relicensed. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfett

Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] pg_filedump binary for CentOS

2010-10-14 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian writes: > Should we consider moving pg_filedump into our /contrib? Can't: it's GPL. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hacke

Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] pg_filedump binary for CentOS

2010-10-14 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Excerpts from Robert Haas's message of jue oct 14 14:10:57 -0300 2010: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > David Boreham wrote: > >> > >> As far as I can see there is no pre-built pg_filedump binary for the > >> PDGD yum repository (8.3.11 for RHEL5). Before I embark on bu

Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] pg_filedump binary for CentOS

2010-10-14 Thread Robert Haas
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > David Boreham wrote: >> >> As far as I can see there is no pre-built pg_filedump binary for the >> PDGD yum repository (8.3.11 for RHEL5). Before I embark on building it >> from source I figured I'd ask here if I'm correct that there is no >

Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] pg_filedump binary for CentOS

2010-10-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
David Boreham wrote: > > As far as I can see there is no pre-built pg_filedump binary for the > PDGD yum repository (8.3.11 for RHEL5). Before I embark on building it > from source I figured I'd ask here if I'm correct that there is no > binary hidden somewhere in the packages. [ CC to hacker