Re: [ANNOUNCE] PostgreSQL status report - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [ANNOUNCE] PostgreSQL status report
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Msg-id 199907191427.KAA08426@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce.
> 
> May be, you'll note this 6.5 revisions as the first _commerce quality 
> revisions_.
> 
> I estimate 6.3 as the first _stable_ revision, and new 6.5 as the first 
> _high stable_ revision versions.

Yes.  It seems 6.5 is much more stable, but it is hard for us to know
that, even now, because we don't get many "big picture" reports about
releases like this. I am sending this over to the hackers list for
comment.


> 
> It's the very important point. All UNIX systems for todays get surrender 
> to NT systems because NT have embedded (not embedded but not expansive 
> and almost embedded) SQL server and it allow developers to use SQL for 
> the storing data in the middle-range projects. For now, it was impossible 
> fro the UNIX because you had a choice - to use extra expansive ORACLE 
> (huge monstrous system) or to use DB data base. Not MYSQL not PSQL was 
> stable enougph to store any critical data.
> 
> This days there is new point when you can announce PSQL as the _almost 
> embedded_ data base. I think this system split in future into the two 
> branches - first, free, withough support and some extra tools, for the 
> embedded data bases used in the cheap projects, and commercial branch 
> with the extra tools and extra possibiloities (for example, threading is 
> not important for the free release). Of cource, I prefere to have not 
> commercial branch at all, but it's the real life...
> 
> Anyway, it's good if someone announce this versions as _ready for the 
> wide usage_.
> 
> Alex.


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