Thread: Open Item: pg_controldata - machine readable?
There is an open item "pg_controldata - machine readable?" in the list: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_9.0_Open_Items The proposal by Joe Conway is adding a new contib module. http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/4B959D7A.6010907@joeconway.com http://github.com/jconway/pg_controldata Should we add the module to 9.0? If we do so, SGML documentation is required. IMHO, I'd like to put the feature into the core instead of a contrib module, but we cannot change the catalog version in this time. So, how about providing control file information through pg_settings view? We will retrieve those variables as GUC options. Regards, --- Takahiro Itagaki NTT Open Source Software Center
Takahiro Itagaki <itagaki.takahiro@oss.ntt.co.jp> writes: > There is an open item "pg_controldata - machine readable?" in the list: > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_9.0_Open_Items > The proposal by Joe Conway is adding a new contib module. > http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/4B959D7A.6010907@joeconway.com > http://github.com/jconway/pg_controldata > Should we add the module to 9.0? No. This is a new feature that wasn't even under consideration, let alone written, at the time of 9.0 feature freeze. It does not get into either core or contrib this time around. regards, tom lane
On 05/25/2010 08:03 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Takahiro Itagaki <itagaki.takahiro@oss.ntt.co.jp> writes: >> There is an open item "pg_controldata - machine readable?" in the list: >> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_9.0_Open_Items > >> The proposal by Joe Conway is adding a new contib module. >> http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/4B959D7A.6010907@joeconway.com >> http://github.com/jconway/pg_controldata > >> Should we add the module to 9.0? > > No. This is a new feature that wasn't even under consideration, > let alone written, at the time of 9.0 feature freeze. It does not > get into either core or contrib this time around. Yup, agreed. That was why I put it on github instead of sending a patch to the list. It was also a quick and dirty hack -- maybe it could be cleaned up for 9.1, but I'm not sure there was consensus that it was really needed. Joe
Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> wrote: > >> There is an open item "pg_controldata - machine readable?" in the list: > >> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_9.0_Open_Items > >> Should we add the module to 9.0? > > > > No. This is a new feature that wasn't even under consideration, > > let alone written, at the time of 9.0 feature freeze. It does not > > get into either core or contrib this time around. > > Yup, agreed. That was why I put it on github instead of sending a patch > to the list. It was also a quick and dirty hack -- maybe it could be > cleaned up for 9.1, but I'm not sure there was consensus that it was > really needed. OK, I moved it from 9.0 open items to new features for 9.1. Regards, --- Takahiro Itagaki NTT Open Source Software Center
Takahiro Itagaki wrote: > The proposal by Joe Conway is adding a new contib module. > http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/4B959D7A.6010907@joeconway.com > http://github.com/jconway/pg_controldata > There's a second one of these floating around now too: http://labs.omniti.com/trac/pgtreats/browser/trunk/contrib/control -- Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US Baltimore, MD PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support greg@2ndQuadrant.com www.2ndQuadrant.us