On 11/11/2016 03:03 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
On Nov 11, 2016 00:53, "Jan de Visser" <j...@de-visser.net
<mailto:j...@de-visser.net>> wrote:
>
> On 2016-11-09 10:47 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> Amit Langote <amitlangot...@gmail.com
<mailto:amitlangot...@gmail.com>> writes:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 11:47 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us
<mailto:t...@sss.pgh.pa.us>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hmm, that's from 2009. I thought I remembered something much
more recent,
>>>> like last year or so.
>>>
>>> This perhaps:
>>> * Re: Bootstrap DATA is a pita *
>>>
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAOjayEfKBL-_Q9m3Jsv6V-mK1q8h%3Dca5Hm0fecXGxZUhPDN9BA%40mail.gmail.com
>>
>> Yeah, that's the thread I remembered. I think the basic conclusion was
>> that we needed a Perl script that would suck up a bunch of data
from some
>> representation that's more edit-friendly than the DATA lines, expand
>> symbolic representations (regprocedure etc) into numeric OIDs, and
write
>> out the .bki script from that. I thought some people had
volunteered to
>> work on that, but we've seen no results ...
>>
>> regards, tom lane
>>
>>
>
> Would a python script converting something like json or yaml be
acceptable? I think right now only perl is used, so it would be a new
build chain tool, albeit one that's in my (very humble) opinion much
better suited to the task.
>
Python or perl is not what matters here really. For something as
simple as this (for the script) it doesn't make a real difference. I
personally prefer python over perl in most cases, but our standard is
perl so we should stick to that.
The issues is coming up with a format that people like and think is an
improvement.
If we have that and a python script for our, someone would surely
volunteer to convert that part. But we need to start by solving the
actual problem.
+1. If we come up with an agreed format I will undertake to produce the
requisite perl script. So let's reopen the debate on the data format. I
want something that doesn't consume large numbers of lines per entry. If
we remove defaults in most cases we should be able to fit a set of
key/value pairs on just a handful of lines.
cheers
andrew
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