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

[HACKERS] beta5 packages ...

2001-02-23 Thread The Hermit Hacker
... 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 ... Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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 after

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 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 couple

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 the goal

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 think we

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 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 docs

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 that to

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

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 talking. I