Re: [HACKERS] beta5 packages ...

2001-02-25 Thread Justin Clift
Hi, Is it desirable for me to build Solaris 8 SPARC packages (Solaris .pkg format) of beta5? I have experience in doing this. Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift Database Administrator

Re: Commit delay (was Re: [HACKERS] beta5 packages)

2001-02-23 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OK, clearly your looking at the bit is better than what we have now, so > how about committing something that looks at the bit, but leave the > default at zero. Then, let people test zero and non-zero delays and > let's see what they find. That seems s

Re: Commit delay (was Re: [HACKERS] beta5 packages)

2001-02-23 Thread Bruce Momjian
> Hmm. A further refinement would be to add a waiting-for-client-input > bit to PROC, although if you have a fast-responding client, ignoring > such backends wouldn't necessarily be a good thing. Notice that the > pgbench transaction involves multiple client requests ... > > > Let's keep talkin

Commit delay (was Re: [HACKERS] beta5 packages)

2001-02-23 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, the change would have to show that doing the delay when some other > backend has dirtied a buffer is _better_ than doing no delay. Agreed. However, we have as yet no data that proves nonzero commit delay is bad in the presence of multiple active ba

RE: [HACKERS] beta5 packages ...

2001-02-23 Thread Matthew
Scratch that... my fault, I started the wrong one. I'm getting the proper version now. > -Original Message- > From: Matthew > > FYI, I downloaded / compiled / installed beta5 and did a select version() > from psql and got: > > template1=# select version(); >

Re: [HACKERS] beta5 packages ...

2001-02-23 Thread Bruce Momjian
> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I think we need to give up on the delay for 7.1.X. I don't see any > > good/easy solutions. > > I take it you think my idea is not even worth trying. Why not? You are suggesting looking at the "I have modified something" bit in Proc, and using th

Re: [HACKERS] beta5 packages ...

2001-02-23 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Bruce Momjian writes: > I was wondering what open items are left? Are we ready to start the > release process with a docs freeze? I still have the JDBC docs to finish and someone was going to send some PL/pgSQL stuff, but I guess I'll have to remind him again. What exactly is the goal of a doc

Re: [HACKERS] beta5 packages ...

2001-02-23 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think we need to give up on the delay for 7.1.X. I don't see any > good/easy solutions. I take it you think my idea is not even worth trying. Why not? regards, tom lane

Re: [HACKERS] beta5 packages ...

2001-02-23 Thread Bruce Momjian
> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I was wondering what open items are left? Are we ready to start the > > release process with a docs freeze? > > I need some feedback on my commitdelay proposal first. If we add a > runtime parameter to control that, it had better be documented. I

RE: [HACKERS] beta5 packages ...

2001-02-23 Thread Matthew
FYI, I downloaded / compiled / installed beta5 and did a select version() from psql and got: template1=# select version(); version PostgreSQL 7.1beta4 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC eg

Re: [HACKERS] beta5 packages ...

2001-02-23 Thread Bruce Momjian
> Bruce Momjian writes: > > > I was wondering what open items are left? Are we ready to start the > > release process with a docs freeze? > > I still have the JDBC docs to finish and someone was going to send some > PL/pgSQL stuff, but I guess I'll have to remind him again. What exactly > is t

Re: [HACKERS] beta5 packages ...

2001-02-23 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was wondering what open items are left? Are we ready to start the > release process with a docs freeze? I need some feedback on my commitdelay proposal first. If we add a runtime parameter to control that, it had better be documented. I have a coup

Re: [HACKERS] beta5 packages ...

2001-02-23 Thread Bruce Momjian
> > ... if anyone wants to take a quick gander at it while I wait to announce > its availability ... let me know if therea re any obvious problems iwht it > ... I was wondering what open items are left? Are we ready to start the release process with a docs freeze? -- Bruce Momjian

Re: [HACKERS] beta5 packages ...

2001-02-23 Thread Lamar Owen
The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > ... if anyone wants to take a quick gander at it while I wait to announce > its availability ... let me know if therea re any obvious problems iwht it > ... Quick note: it will be Sunday at the earliest before I can build RPM's of beta5. If the package release is af