We are happy to announce the release of pg_repack 1.1.8. This is the first release of pg_repack, a fork of pg_reorg. The reason of the fork is to revive the development of pg_reorg, which has stagnated since the release 1.1.7 in August 2011. pg_repack addresses specifically the missing features planned for pg_reorg 1.1.8 and its known bugs. The main changes from pg_reorg 1.1.7 are:
* Added support for PostgreSQL 9.2. * Added support for CREATE EXTENSION on PostgreSQL 9.1 and following. * Give user feedback while waiting for transactions to finish (pg_reorg issue #5). * Bugfix: Allow running on newly promoted streaming replication slaves (pg_reorg issue #1). * Bugfix: Fix interaction between pg_repack and Slony 2.0/2.1 (pg_reorg issue #4) * Bugfix: Properly escape column names (pg_reorg issue #6). * Bugfix: Avoid recreating invalid indexes, or choosing them as key (pg_reorg issue #9). * Bugfix: Never choose a partial index as primary key (pg_reorg issue #22). In an effort to make the transition for existing pg_reorg users simple, the pg_repack 1.1.8 release is a drop-in replacement for pg_reorg, only addressing the pg_reorg 1.1.7 bugs and shortcomings. We are also developing new features to be released in an upcoming 1.2 version. With the intent of causing the least trouble possible to pg_reorg users, we are not going to set up a different mailing list or discussion group, but we wish to coordinate the pg_repack development using the current reorg-general mailing list. pg_repack may be an interim solution, should the pg_reorg project come back to life. In the meantime, we thank the original pg_reorg authors for the quality code they have released to the community, wish them good luck, and hope to collaborate further in the future. Installation: You can download the source package from the PGXN website at <http://pgxn.org/dist/pg_repack/> and install it as explained in the documentation at <http://reorg.github.com/pg_repack/#installation>. Alternatively you can install pg_repack use the PGXN Client, running "pgxn install pg_repack". Please check the PGXN Client documentation for all the installation options at <http://pgxnclient.projects.pgfoundry.org/usage.html#pgxn-install>. References: * Homepage: http://reorg.github.com/pg_repack * Download: http://pgxn.org/dist/pg_repack/ * Development: https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack * Mailing List: http://pgfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/reorg-general -- Sent via pgsql-announce mailing list (pgsql-announce@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-announce