On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 11:45:53PM -0700, Christophe Pettus wrote: > > > > On May 3, 2026, at 22:55, Ilya Kosmodemiansky <[email protected]> > > wrote: Making a company-branded fork is the easiest (and wrong) > > step. Planning how to pick up the pgBackRest project or create a > > sustainable, community-driven fork that re-establishes at least the > > same reputation requires longer preparation. We all need patience. > > Dave was quite clear that someone "picking up the pgBackRest project" > was not on the table. I don't think that avenue is open. > > I would feel more sanguine about the idea that a new > community-sported fork will emerge if there were an existence proof > of it happening in the PostgreSQL community. I can't think of one.
That happened with pgbouncer where development stopped and a new team picked it up. I think Peter Eisentraut was involved. With pgbackrest, I think a similar thing would need to happen, but with a new name. -- Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Do not let urgent matters crowd out time for investment in the future.
