Hi Kalvin, On Tue, Mar 03, 2020 at 03:07:13AM -0700, Kalvin Eng wrote: > Hi there, > > I am potentially interested in the performance farm project listed here: > https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/GSoC_2020#Develop_Performance_Farm_Benchmarks_and_Website_.282020.29 > > I've applied to the pgperffarm mailing list as well, but am waiting for > moderator approval so I thought this list would be the best to ask about > the performance farm code. > > Here are the questions based on the > https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgperffarm.git;a=summary repo: > > - Why is a front end framework used instead of django templates?
I don't have a good answer for this, primarily because my knowledge on the difference is weak... > - Any reason why the server hasn't been containerized? Simply because no effort has been put into it yet. Are you thinking for ease of demoing or evaluating? > - Django 1.11 will no longer be supported in April 2020, is it time to > move to 2.2 LTS? ( > https://www.djangoproject.com/download/#supported-versions) We want to match the same version the community infrastructure uses, so yes, if that's the version they will be on. > - What have been the issues with authentication integration to > postgresql.org? There is a custom authentication module that doesn't work outside of the community infrastructure, and this project has been developed outside of the community infrastructure. We haven't come up with a way to bridge that gap yet. > - Should the client be turned into a package for package managers (e.g. > pypi, DPKG, brew, etc.)? I think that would be a plus. > - The project description mentions refactoring to Python 3, but it seems > like that was completed last GSoC? Yeah, I think that's been squared away... > - Should the performance visualizations be added again? Yes, that would good to have. > I've also looked at past mailing lists for this project, but am interested > in hearing current insights from the community: > > - > > https://www.postgresql-archive.org/GSoC-2019-report-amp-feedback-td6100606.html > - > > https://www.postgresql-archive.org/GSoC-2019-Proposal-Develop-Performance-Farm-Database-and-Website-td6079058.html > - > > https://www.postgresql-archive.org/GSoC-Summery-of-pg-performance-farm-td6034578.html > - > > https://www.postgresql-archive.org/GSOC-18-Performance-Farm-Project-Initialization-Project-td6010380.html > - > > https://www.postgresql-archive.org/GSOC-18-Performance-Farm-Project-td6008120.html > - https://www.postgresql-archive.org/performance-test-farm-td4388584.html Regards, Mark -- Mark Wong 2ndQuadrant - PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/