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On 11/3/25 10:14, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, Nov  3, 2025 at 10:07:50AM -0800, Adrian Klaver wrote:

>>
>> To be specific it is a customer service issue.
>>
>> So why is this page:
>>
>> https://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_support/
>>
>> "Commercial support is available from many different companies providing
>> professional services to the PostgreSQL community."
>>
>> not a solution done by the community?
> 
> I am not sure why you are not understanding.  To get Postgres to
> interoperate with company product X, you need communication between the
> Postgres community and the company producing product X.  The community
> rarely interacts directly with companies, though it does interact with
> employees of Postgres-focused companies.  The smaller the company and
> the less the company relies on Postgres, the less likely the company
> will interact with the community on the community's terms.
> 

I do understand it comes down to two possibilities:

1) Community is what you download here:

https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/

and anything above that is third party involvement and nothing to do 
with the community.

Or

2) As the postgresql.org mentions in many places that I have previously 
cited community includes layers above the source, extending to 
commercial support.

If 1) is correct then yes there is a community communication issue.

If  2) is correct there is not, as you can go here:

https://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_support/

and find support.

-- 
Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com