Re: PostgreSQL/other DBs and OpenBSD?

2005-09-27 Thread Spruell, Darren-Perot
From: Tobias Weingartner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Monday, September 26, Szechuan Death wrote: > > Again, looking at the original post, the database seemed to me to be > > part and parcel of this, for efficiency reasons. As you might be > > aware, you can't have a dependency outside the src/

Re: PostgreSQL/other DBs and OpenBSD?

2005-09-27 Thread Tobias Weingartner
On Monday, September 26, Szechuan Death wrote: > > What is wrong with dump/restore/tar is that nobody running a network > larger than two computers uses it. Yes, I'm sure you can make it work > with plenty of Perl scripting, some clever use of cron and ssh, and > plenty of disk space. Nobody in

Re: PostgreSQL/other DBs and OpenBSD?

2005-09-26 Thread Szechuan Death
Chris Kuethe wrote: I was just about to say "SQLite". From their web page: "Sources are in the public domain. Use for any purpose." see http://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html SQLite might be easier, indeed. I don't think the actual requirement is for any particular server, although I note that

Re: PostgreSQL/other DBs and OpenBSD?

2005-09-26 Thread Szechuan Death
David Hill wrote: If you want PostgreSQL, install it from the ports tree. What is wrong with dump/restore and using tar for a backup solution? Thank you, I am well aware of the fact that it can be installed from the ports tree. Going back and _reading_ the original post, we find that _that

Re: PostgreSQL/other DBs and OpenBSD?

2005-09-25 Thread Stuart Henderson
--On 25 September 2005 05:30 -0800, Szechuan Death wrote: Question: Is there any really outstanding reason why a suitably- licensed database or fork thereof, e.g. PostgreSQL, couldn't be fully integrated into the OpenBSD distribution? Just a thought, you might find it easier to make a case fo

Re: PostgreSQL/other DBs and OpenBSD?

2005-09-25 Thread David Hill
On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 05:30:01AM -0800, Szechuan Death wrote: > Question: Is there any really outstanding reason why a suitably- > licensed database or fork thereof, e.g. PostgreSQL, couldn't be fully > integrated into the OpenBSD distribution? Alternately, is there any > reason why a small-sca

PostgreSQL/other DBs and OpenBSD?

2005-09-25 Thread Szechuan Death
Question: Is there any really outstanding reason why a suitably- licensed database or fork thereof, e.g. PostgreSQL, couldn't be fully integrated into the OpenBSD distribution? Alternately, is there any reason why a small-scale SQLish database couldn't be implemented for OpenBSD? (Ex: "Theo th