Re: Linux/Alpha and Postgres 7.0 Beta Status - Mailing list pgsql-hackers
From | The Hermit Hacker |
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Subject | Re: Linux/Alpha and Postgres 7.0 Beta Status |
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Msg-id | Pine.BSF.4.21.0004042153520.667-100000@thelab.hub.org Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Linux/Alpha and Postgres 7.0 Beta Status (Ryan Kirkpatrick <pgsql@rkirkpat.net>) |
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Re: Linux/Alpha and Postgres 7.0 Beta Status
(Ryan Kirkpatrick <pgsql@rkirkpat.net>)
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*rofl* I haven't even had a chance to write up the ChangeLog/announcement for beta4 yet :) I just made the tarball itself a few hours ago so that it had a chance to propogate through the mirror sites ... On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Ryan Kirkpatrick wrote: > > I finally managed to catch up with the 7.0 betas (provided beta5 > does not come out in the next few hours :). My web site has been updated > with the Linux/Alpha patches for 7.0beta4 (see the software section), and > for history's sake, I have also listed the Linux/Alpha patches for all > version of PostgreSQL that the patches have existed for. > With these patches applied to the 7.0beta4 tarball, all regression > tests pass (save for geometry with the harmless off by one in the nth > decimal place error). I have also tested it against a few of my own apps > and while there were a few quirks in conversion (i.e. int() -> int4()), > nothing major was encountered. I would encourage anyone running pgsql on > Linux/Alpha to pound on these patches and make sure it works for them as > soon as possible. Email me any Linux/Alpha specific problems found. > I also have to say that 7.0 is much faster than 6.5.3. It used to > take 10 to 15 minutes to load 125k rows into pgsql, now it takes only 5 > minutes for the same data on the same machine! Good work! > When the final version of 7.0 comes out, I will double check the > patch still work (and make modifications as necessary), update my web > page, and post a short message here. Beyond that, I have very little time > to work on pgsql until mid May as I have a few projects that need to be > finished ASAP before I can graduate. :) Once I have graduated, I plan to > put some time in on getting the Linux/Alpha patches cleaned up and > intergrated into the main source tree, hopefully in time for 7.1. > I will post the 7.0beta4 Linux/Alpha patch to the patches list > shortly. That is all. TTYL. > > PS. Maybe a note should be put on the pgsql ports page that > patches are needed for Linux/Alpha an a ref to my web page. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." | > | --- Philippians 1:21 (KJV) | > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Ryan Kirkpatrick | Boulder, Colorado | http://www.rkirkpat.net/ | > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
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