Thread: Re: The pg_indent on on ftp is outdated

Re: The pg_indent on on ftp is outdated

From
Magnus Hagander
Date:


On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
On 21 December 2017 at 18:22, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:


On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 8:20 AM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
Hi all

The pg_indent on www is outdated, and doesn't understand --version .


It might make sense to add a README there that mentions it's obsolete and now lives at https://git.postgresql.org/git/pg_bsd_indent.git (or just "see src/tools/pgindent/README).


Is there a reason to keep it at all if its obsolete, or should we just delete it? 


I don't know of any, but it might be worth checking on -hackers or cc'ing Tom etc. 


Yeah, makes sense. Moving this thread over to -hackers to get some more comments from there. 


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Re: The pg_indent on on ftp is outdated

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>
> wrote:
>>> The pg_indent on www is outdated, and doesn't understand --version .
>>> https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/dev/

> Is there a reason to keep it at all if its obsolete, or should we just
> delete it?

The only reason I can think of why someone might still want that version
is if they're doing hacking on a pre-v10 branch and would like to indent
accordingly.  If we have someplace for historical versions, I'd suggest
moving this tarball to there, and replacing it with a README that says
"go here for pre-v10 pgindent, or there for modern versions".

            regards, tom lane


Re: The pg_indent on on ftp is outdated

From
Craig Ringer
Date:


On 21 Dec. 2017 22:42, "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>
> wrote:
>>> The pg_indent on www is outdated, and doesn't understand --version .
>>> https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/dev/

> Is there a reason to keep it at all if its obsolete, or should we just
> delete it?

The only reason I can think of why someone might still want that version
is if they're doing hacking on a pre-v10 branch and would like to indent
accordingly.  If we have someplace for historical versions, I'd suggest
moving this tarball to there, and replacing it with a README that says
"go here for pre-v10 pgindent, or there for modern versions".

Add it as a branch in the git repo and backpatch the pgindent README?

Hardly seems worth the hassle. It's not like back patches need tons of worry about pgindent etc anyway.

Re: The pg_indent on on ftp is outdated

From
Magnus Hagander
Date:


On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 1:33 AM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:


On 21 Dec. 2017 22:42, "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>
> wrote:
>>> The pg_indent on www is outdated, and doesn't understand --version .
>>> https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/dev/

> Is there a reason to keep it at all if its obsolete, or should we just
> delete it?

The only reason I can think of why someone might still want that version
is if they're doing hacking on a pre-v10 branch and would like to indent
accordingly.  If we have someplace for historical versions, I'd suggest
moving this tarball to there, and replacing it with a README that says
"go here for pre-v10 pgindent, or there for modern versions".

Add it as a branch in the git repo and backpatch the pgindent README?

Hardly seems worth the hassle. It's not like back patches need tons of worry about pgindent etc anyway.

That seems way overkill, yeah.

We don't have a place for historic versions of this stuff. We have the archive directory but that's specifically a tarball of the last cvs stuff.

I think a simple README is the way to go.

I've cooked together something simple and pushed it. Please review and suggest changes.

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Re: The pg_indent on on ftp is outdated

From
Craig Ringer
Date:
On 28 December 2017 at 23:59, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:


On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 1:33 AM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:


On 21 Dec. 2017 22:42, "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>
> wrote:
>>> The pg_indent on www is outdated, and doesn't understand --version .
>>> https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/dev/

> Is there a reason to keep it at all if its obsolete, or should we just
> delete it?

The only reason I can think of why someone might still want that version
is if they're doing hacking on a pre-v10 branch and would like to indent
accordingly.  If we have someplace for historical versions, I'd suggest
moving this tarball to there, and replacing it with a README that says
"go here for pre-v10 pgindent, or there for modern versions".

Add it as a branch in the git repo and backpatch the pgindent README?

Hardly seems worth the hassle. It's not like back patches need tons of worry about pgindent etc anyway.

That seems way overkill, yeah.

We don't have a place for historic versions of this stuff. We have the archive directory but that's specifically a tarball of the last cvs stuff.

I think a simple README is the way to go.

I've cooked together something simple and pushed it. Please review and suggest changes.


Perfect. Thanks! 


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