On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:05:18PM -0700, Robert Hodges wrote: > people are starting to get religion on this issue I would strongly > advocate a parallel effort to put in a change-set extraction API > that would allow construction of comprehensive master/slave > replication.
You know, I gave a talk in Ottawa just last week about how the last effort to develop a comprehensive API for replication failed. I had some ideas about why, the main one of which is something like this: "Big features with a roadmap have not historically worked, so unless we're willing to change the way we work, we won't get that." I don't think an API is what's needed. It's clear proposals for particlar features that can be delivered in small pieces. That's what the current proposal offers. I think any kind of row-based approach such as what you're proposing would need that kind of proposal too. That isn't to say that I think an API is impossible or undesirable. It is to say that the last few times we tried, it went nowhere; and that I don't think the circumstances have changed. A -- Andrew Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 503 667 4564 x104 http://www.commandprompt.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
