From: Steve Atkins <steve@blighty.com>
To: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Updating the intro for packages - improve usability, reduce new user confusion
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:28:35 +0000
Message-ID: <872A5464-785D-42BE-96FB-5DDC1069A39E@blighty.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D33E4F5D-A0A1-4608-A86E-D84980419A2B@blighty.com>
References: <CAMsr+YG8vtnqtiK-6uLkP9cEmRviUWKWS_RJ_LqTMwf8tWY-Kw@mail.gmail.com>
<CAAfz9KMBA7GNuHtjJB60P7Gz3TXWdx5w7bmKWXdio=x4qDNm_w@mail.gmail.com>
<CAAfz9KMcq418B55Hyv2d97Ur+6dhSo_N_u=Dx93d3bMkOPei9A@mail.gmail.com>
<20181129093649.GC9562@msg.df7cb.de>
<D33E4F5D-A0A1-4608-A86E-D84980419A2B@blighty.com>
> On Nov 29, 2018, at 10:17 AM, Steve Atkins <steve@blighty.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>> On Nov 29, 2018, at 9:36 AM, Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> wrote:
>>
>> Re: Dmitry Igrishin 2018-11-29 <CAAfz9KMcq418B55Hyv2d97Ur+6dhSo_N_u=Dx93d3bMkOPei9A@mail.gmail.com>
>>>> Could you please add the reference to the Pgfe client library to the
>>>> documentation?
>>>> The patch is provided.
>>
>>> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml
>>> index 347b830..c74e391 100644
>>> --- a/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml
>>> +++ b/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml
>>> @@ -83,6 +83,13 @@
>>> </row>
>>>
>>> <row>
>>> + <entry>Pgfe</entry>
>>> + <entry>C++</entry>
>>> + <entry>An API inspired by libpq</entry>
>>> + <entry><ulink url="https://github.com/dmitigr/pgfe"></ulink></entry;
>>
>> Has that been around long enough, and is widely used, so it qualifies
>> for mentioning here? I've never heard of it, and it's not packaged for
>> Debian.
>
> No. It's been discussed at least once before that I've noticed, and IIRC
> the conclusion was "add it to the wiki", which I did in May.
>
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Client_Libraries
And while it looks like it has the potential to become a decent enough library it's
own documentation says that it's beta-quality, has an unstable API and isn't
ready to be used in production.
Cheers,
Steve
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
reply via email
To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Cc: steve@blighty.com, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Updating the intro for packages - improve usability, reduce new user confusion
In-Reply-To: <872A5464-785D-42BE-96FB-5DDC1069A39E@blighty.com>
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
This inbox is served by DDX for PostgreSQL; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox