Re: Reformatting the FDW wiki page - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Jay Payne
Subject Re: Reformatting the FDW wiki page
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Msg-id CAKkSwqz6e02VzVpiLCxYAq019r6ByA3wBBKxMSQZE-e5Srf7Tg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Reformatting the FDW wiki page  ("Charles Clavadetscher" <clavadetscher@swisspug.org>)
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I've always found the best way to deal with a situation like this is to only have a brief description and link to the maintainer's page for details.    It becomes an editing nightmare to keep information current and relevant.     So I would suggest keeping as little on the main page as possible.  

Just a thought
--J

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 7:50 AM, Charles Clavadetscher <clavadetscher@swisspug.org> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-advocacy-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-advocacy-
> owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of damien clochard
> Sent: Montag, 24. August 2015 14:22
> To: Michael Banck <michael.banck@credativ.de>
> Cc: PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org>
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Reformatting the FDW wiki page
>
>
>
> Le 24/08/2015 13:13, Michael Banck a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > Am Mittwoch, den 18.02.2015, 12:55 +0100 schrieb damien clochard:
> >> Done :
> >>
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Foreign%20data%20wrappers?nocache=1
> >
> > One thing that would be useful to add: a feature matrix for "write
> > support", "predicate push-down", "join push-down", "schema import" etc.
> > I think the difference between a basic read-only FDW and one which
> > implements all of the above (or more) is rather big.
> >
>
> I agree. Something like "production ready" or "stable" won't hurt either
> because some FDW in the list are merely proof of concept, while others can
> be used without hesitation
>
> > Mentioning the maintainer wouldn't hurt either, but that might make
> > the table even wider I guess.
> >
>
> yes that's one problem. Feature Matrix are a pain to write with a wiki syntax
> (although mediawiki is not the worse). The more columns you add to the
> matrix, the more difficult it is to maintain.
>
> Now we could find a smarter way to organize these data. Like storing them in
> a robust open source RDBMS for instance... I'm pretty sure we have people
> able to do that around here :)

You could use the MediaWiki ExternalData Extension: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:External_Data
That's how we populate dynamically our (unfortunately still very short) members' list on: http://www.swisspug.org/wiki/index.php/Members (you can look at the source to get an idea).

Bye
Charles





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