Re: pg_reorg in core?

2012/09/23 12:37, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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>>> I think it's time to consider some *umbrella project* for maintaining
>>> several small projects outside the core.
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>> Well, that was pgfoundry, and it didn't work out.
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> I'm not sure that is quite analogous to what was being proposed.
> I read it as more of "let's package a bunch of these small utilities
> together into a single project", such that installing one installs them
> all (e.g. aptitude install pg_tools), and they all have a single bug
> tracker, etc. That tracker could be github, of course.

Exactly --- I do not care the SCM system though. :) 

> I'm not convinced of the merit of that plan, but that's an alternative
> interpretation that doesn't involve our beloved pgfoundry. :)

For example, xlogdump had not been maintained for 5 years when
I picked it up last year. And the latest pg_filedump that supports 9.2
has not been released yet. pg_reorg as well.

If those tools are in a single project, it would be easier to keep
attention on it. Then, developers can easily build *all of them*
at once, fix them, and post any patch on the single mailing list.
Actually, it would save developers from waisting their time.

>From my viewpoint, it's not just a SCM or distributing issue.
It's about how to survive for such small projects around the core
even if these could not come in the core.