Re: mysql to postgresql, performance questions - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: mysql to postgresql, performance questions
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In response to Re: mysql to postgresql, performance questions  (Thom Brown <thombrown@gmail.com>)
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On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Thom Brown <thombrown@gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought I'd attempt to renew discussion of adding PostgreSQL support
> to MythTV, but here's the response:
>
>> It is not being actively developed to my knowledge and we have
>> no intention of _ever_ committing such patches. Any work you do
>> *will* be wasted.
>>
>> It is far more likely that we'll move to embedded mysql to ease
>> the administration overhead for users.
>
> It's a surprisingly hostile response.

Not for MythTV it's not.  Their code if chock full of mysqlisms and
their dev folks are mostly not interested in any "advanced" features
of postgresql, like the tendency to NOT corrupt its data store every
few months.

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