RE: [HACKERS] Hi - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Meskes, Michael wrote:

> Okay. Sounds good. :-)
>
> How do I get the latest source tree and how is it synchronised?

    We recommend that everyone doing development work use or grab
CVSup (see ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/CVSup for details and some
binaries), which is the fastest/most uptodate way of grabbing the sources.

    Right now, being in beta mode, there is a daily snapshot being
made and placed in ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql.snapshot.tar.gz

    After v6.4 is released, that will go back down to weekly snapshots
vs daily



 >
> Michael
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:    The Hermit Hacker [SMTP:scrappy@hub.org]
> > Sent:    Wednesday, February 04, 1998 2:06 PM
> > To:    Michael Meskes
> > Cc:    pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
> > Subject:    Re: [HACKERS] Hi
> >
> > On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Michael Meskes wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > despite bein chronically short of time I'd like to be involved with
> > some
> > > database development in free software. It seems to me that
> > postgresql is
> > > the most complete package out there and it also has some nice
> > features
> > > like object identity. I consider myself fairly knowledgable when it
> > > comes to databases (at least it brought me my Ph.D.) so I think I
> > could
> > > do some. But before I do so I'd like to ask some questions about the
> > > status of development:
> >
> >     Welcome :)
> >
> > > 2) How about ODBC? I know there is a driver but apparently I cannot
> > use
> > > all ODBC features. I have an application on Windows that I'd like to
> > use
> > > to stress test postgresql a little bit, but I get an SQLError -1
> > > everytime I try to fetch a record. Is this a knwon bug?
> >
> >     Julie (maintainer of PostODBC(src/interfaces/odbc)) has just
> > joined this list, and will hopefully be able to answer more
> > completely,
> > but the PostODBC driver is currently listed as v0.21, so is still
> > young...
> >
> >     Any aid you can provide in helping to mature it are most
> > welcome,
> > both on our part, and, I imagine, Julie's...
> >
> > > 3) How would you describe the general goal of this project: Offer as
> > > good a database system as you can create as free software? That is
> > > should it be able to handle huge amounts of data, or is it seen more
> > as
> > > a tool for a private person/small business?
> >
> >     Both...We have at least two ppl so far, that I'm aware of, that
> > are dealing with systems of several GB of data through it, including
> > one
> > of the core developers...like *BSD/Linux "competing" with the more
> > entrenched OSs like Solaris (and Microsloth), we're moving towards the
> > concept of being a viable alternative to such monolithic RDBMS systems
> > such as Oracle/Informix...but we are also working at making sure that
> > we
> > don't loss site of the majority of our users, which tend to be ppl
> > using
> > it for WWW based projects.
> >
> > > 4) Are there areas/Which ares need help?
> >
> >     http://www.postgresql.org/docs/todo.shtml :)
> >
> >     There is a long list of things that are "Wish list" items...if
> > you
> > decide to dive into something, all we ask is that you post something
> > here
> > so that others know and to prevent "recreating the wheel"...just in
> > case
> > someone else is already working on it.
> >
>