Sifiso and Campbell, There is an ongoing vote about the use of Postgres DB only in Apache Fineract.
You can participate as non-binding Regards Victor El lun, 23 mar 2026 a las 13:23, Sifiso Mtetwa (<[email protected]>) escribió: > Hi James, > > We have around 40 MFIs running on MariaDB and it would be an absolute > necessity that we have migration scripts to facilitate this new move to > Postgres. Without it they would be stuck on the old fork. > > Regards, > > *From:* Campbell Burgess [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, 23 March 2026 19:19 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: End support of mySQL and MariaDB; migration tooling > related to FSIP-9, > > > > We'll help sponsor that. > > Campbell > > On 3/23/2026 11:25 AM, James Dailey wrote: > > The vote on FSIP-9 entails the idea that *someone* should make efforts to > build migration scripts. As that vote ends in 48 hrs, now is another good > moment of focus. > > > > "With this proposal we will make an effort but *we are not committing* to > migration guides, scripts, tests, tools, wizards, and case studies easing > database migrations. The community is strongly encouraged to *gather > real-world data*, to share and discuss this proposal with all users, > encouraging them to create or sponsor creation of these > critically important migration materials." > > > > As with all things on this open source project, if there is interest in > doing it, it can occur. > > > > First up is "Gather real world data". How many entities require this > migration work? Can we get at least two good examples? More? > > > > I suspect that any organization still using mySQL or MariaDB is on a very > old fork of the project and has no interest in upgrading to the latest > releases. If that is wrong, someone should provide data to support that. > They have not spoken up specifically. We must hear from them. > > > > For scripts and guides to have meaning, they need users. > > > > -- > > Herring BANCORP ® > > > *C. Campbell Burgess*President/CEO > Office: (806) 373-3921 | Direct: (806) 242-3704 > > [email protected] > > > *Herring Bancorp* > 2201 Civic Circle, Suite 1000 > Amarillo, TX 79109 > > www.herringbank.com > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This e-mail is intended only for the use of the > individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information > that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under > applicable law. If the reader of this e-mail message is not the intended > recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of the message > to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have > received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by telephone at > (303) 565-7001 and also indicate the sender's name. Thank you. > > > > > > > >
