Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.191]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA5A22E28AD for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:08:49 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 55039-10 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:08:46 -0400 (AST) Received: from westnet.com (westnet.com [216.187.52.2]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 795742E2762 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:08:46 -0400 (AST) Received: from westnet.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by westnet.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id lAEF8ku6011335; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:08:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (gsmith@localhost) by westnet.com (8.14.0/8.13.2/Submit) with ESMTP id lAEF8k4N011331; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:08:46 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: westnet.com: gsmith owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:08:46 -0500 (EST) From: Greg Smith X-X-Sender: gsmith@westnet.com To: "Leif B. Kristensen" cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Avoiding upgrade backlash In-Reply-To: <200711141354.49400.leif@solumslekt.org> Message-ID: References: <200711121442.31233.josh@agliodbs.com> <20071113160041.GA19014@alvh.no-ip.org> <200711141228.33802.leif@solumslekt.org> <200711141354.49400.leif@solumslekt.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200711/90 X-Sequence-Number: 12907 On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Leif B. Kristensen wrote: > The bug id is [https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199142]. First off, they're already working on this problem. Installing multiple versions of PostgreSQL at the same time is called "slotting" by them, and an outline of the project is at http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/postgresql/wiki/ExperimentalFAQ What I expect will happen to you is that your bug will be "resolved" by marking it a duplicate of https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42894 which, as you can see from its history, has been lingering around since this class of problem was first reported during the 7.3->7.4 upgrade. That was early in 2004 and I don't see any progress since about a year ago, maybe somebody is still working on it. A quick look through the PostgreSQL-related bug reports for Gentoo suggests multiple serious issues that haven't been resolved in years; another is https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44468 where the logging interface is not quite right. That one people keep reporting, no progress has been made even though it's really simple to fix--far simpler than getting support for multiple versions at once. I wouldn't anticipate a quick response here; the resources Gentoo is devoting to PostgreSQL appear minimal. I'd suggest your time would be better spent learning how to manually install PostgreSQL yourself rather than expecting that the official packaging will fix this for you. It's not that difficult to do. -- * Greg Smith gsmith@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD