Re: pg_migrator issue with contrib

On Jun 7, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> I think it's becoming increasingly clear that pg_migrator is not for
>> the faint of heart; in fact, I think we should hedge references to it
>> with words like "experimental".
>
> Probably ...
>
>> Just to recall the history, the first pgfoundry
>> commit messages for this tool were on February 9th, three months  
>> after
>> the start of the final CommitFest and feature freeze for 8.4.  Since
>> then, development has proceeded at an amazingly rapid pace, but
>> there's only so much you can do in four months,
>
> ... but the above is a *complete* misrepresentation of the thing's
> history (apparently you failed to look in the Attic?).  EDB have been
> using previous versions of this tool for some years, and the basic
> premise is the same as contrib/pg_upgrade that existed as far back as
> 7.1/7.2 timeframe.

I did know that EDB had been using the tool for a while, but I admit  
I'm not familiar with the whole history.  I had the impression that  
we'd gotten a lot more serious about really making this rock solid  
since Bruce took it in February.  But maybe that's not the case?

...Robert