Re: [pgsql-pkg-debian] pgpool2 vs postgresql-9.4-pgpool2 - Mailing list pgsql-pkg-debian

Re: Steven Chang 2017-02-21 <CAEJt7k01N9vF6wAL6hvALXoZe=99Xk3gX97omdwKwQuwkL8e0A@mail.gmail.com>
> pgpool2/stable 3.3.4-1 amd64
>   connection pool server and replication proxy for PostgreSQL

This is the pgpool2 software it self.

> postgresql-9.4-pgpool2/stable 3.3.4-1 amd64
>   connection pool server and replication proxy for PostgreSQL - modules

These are auxilliary modules to be loaded into the PostgreSQL server.
You don't need them for basic pgpool2 operation, only for extra
functionality.

> apt show postgresql-9.4-pgpool2/stable 3.3.4-1 amd64  output :
> Description: connection pool server and replication proxy for PostgreSQL -
> modules
>  pgpool-II is a middleware that works between PostgreSQL servers and a
>  PostgreSQL database client.  This package contains support modules for
>  the PostgreSQL 9.4 server:
>  .
>   * pgpool_adm
>   * pgpool_recovery (PostgreSQL 9.1 and above)
>   * pgpool_regclass (PostgreSQL 9.1 and above)

If you have suggestions on how to improve the wording, please bring
them up here.

Christoph