Re: PostgreSQL as possible addon ?

[ummeegge <ummeegge@ipfire.org>]

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Hi Michael,
haven´t seen your request...

On Mi, 2019-03-27 at 15:06 +0000, Michael Tremer wrote:
> What are your arguments for it?
Some arguments from my side:
- Since we dropped MySQL cause no one maintained it appropriately
(which was also a kind of overkill) i thought it might be nice to have
a substitute which is, in my opinion, easier to update but also some
implementations has been changed here (nothing in /srv and wider spread
in the system but now all in /var) and of course i think PostgreSQL is
also the nicer one.
- I also really like some helper tools like pgsql (also to have for
MySQL) for the not so affine SQL users but that´s only a beside one.
- Another one is, have seen some requests for a non Sqlite DB from
users in the forum where it thought i can make a try for their favorits
which was PostgreSQL clearly before MySQL.
- If someone uses IPFire also in a kind of server environment which i
do, PostgreSQL can be a nice one to have.

But again, i´ am totaly fine with your arguments and of course i can
nevertheless use it for myself.

Best,

Erik

> 
> > On 27 Mar 2019, at 15:06, ummeegge <ummeegge(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Michael,
> > OK no problem.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > Erik
> > 
> > On Mi, 2019-03-27 at 14:53 +0000, Michael Tremer wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I would oppose PostgreSQL as an add-on.
> > > 
> > > There are two major reasons for this:
> > > 
> > > * Nobody has ever requested it. At least I am not aware of it. We
> > > do
> > > not have any applications that require it or would run better if
> > > PostgreSQL was there. Since we already have loads of add-ons that
> > > are
> > > barely used and barely maintained I would like to avoid adding
> > > another.
> > > 
> > > * Based on that last note, I would say that we also have enough
> > > places to do work on that constantly get stuck. Instead of
> > > opening
> > > another construction site, I would like to at least have one or
> > > more
> > > closed - or at least declare that we do not intend to work on
> > > this
> > > any more.
> > > 
> > > Best,
> > > -Michael
> > > 
> > > > On 27 Mar 2019, at 14:28, ummeegge <ummeegge(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > another question ;-).
> > > > Since i´d build PostgreSQL for IPFire  -->
> > > > 
> > 
> > 
https://git.ipfire.org/?p=people/ummeegge/ipfire-2.x.git;a=commit;h=230d0569d3f24b608852328a983b1791731aee4c
> > > > <-- only testing version
> > > > and made also some testings with it --> 
> > > > https://forum.ipfire.org/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=22476
> > > > incl. pgcli --> https://www.pgcli.com/ i wanted to ask if it
> > > > would
> > > > make
> > > > sense to deliver it to the mailinglist ?
> > > > 
> > > > Best,
> > > > 
> > > > Erik
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> 
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