X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 877D9D1B472 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 04:26:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 84030-07 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 00:25:36 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.libertyrms.com (unknown [209.167.124.227]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40476D1B489 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 00:25:35 -0400 (AST) Received: from [10.1.2.130] (helo=dba2) by mail.libertyrms.com with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #3 (Debian)) id 1AOrF8-0007pK-00 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:25:34 -0500 Received: by dba2 (Postfix, from userid 1019) id 6237FCC68; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:25:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:25:34 -0500 From: Andrew Sullivan To: PostgreSQL Development Subject: Re: Release cycle length Message-ID: <20031126042534.GA23015@libertyrms.info> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Sullivan , PostgreSQL Development References: <20031117202346.M731@ganymede.hub.org> <3FBB7F20.8050005@Yahoo.com> <6400.1069359578@sss.pgh.pa.us> <3FBD6CAA.7040500@familyhealth.com.au> <20031121130359.GE26392@dcc.uchile.cl> <3FBE5A46.4090102@Yahoo.com> <20031125050844.GC67015@nasby.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031125050844.GC67015@nasby.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200311/1358 X-Sequence-Number: 47646 On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 11:08:44PM -0600, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > Has anyone looked at using replication as a migration method? If Looked at? Sure. Heck, I've done it. Yes, it works. Is it painless? Well, that depends on whether you think using erserver is painless. ;-) It's rather less downtime than pg_dump | psql, I'll tell you. A -- ---- Andrew Sullivan 204-4141 Yonge Street Afilias Canada Toronto, Ontario Canada M2P 2A8 +1 416 646 3304 x110