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On 11/3/25 18:05, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, Nov  3, 2025 at 07:42:06PM +0100, Laurenz Albe wrote:
>> On Mon, 2025-11-03 at 11:56 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> The problem with the Percona extension is it seems like it was developed
>>> mostly/all by Percona employees, meaning development was driven/steered
>>> by Percona, and there was insufficient feedback from the community for
>>> it to be polished enough to be a general community solution.

> 
> Uh, people will say that if the solution is not 100% secure in its
> coverage, it is much less useful and therefore not worth it.
> 

In a different realm you have been there before and it worked out:

https://momjian.us/main/blogs/pgblog/2010.html#May_12_2010


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Adrian Klaver
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