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 A080ED1B456 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 00:50:15 +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 29696-07 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:49:47 -0400 (AST) Received: from flake.decibel.org (unknown [66.143.173.58]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 22839D1B496 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:49:30 -0400 (AST) Received: (qmail 50828 invoked by uid 1001); 9 Dec 2003 00:49:31 -0000 Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 18:49:31 -0600 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: Andrew Sullivan , PostgreSQL Development Subject: Re: Release cycle length Message-ID: <20031209004931.GL847@nasby.net> 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> <20031126042534.GA23015@libertyrms.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031126042534.GA23015@libertyrms.info> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE i386 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200312/252 X-Sequence-Number: 48156 Any chance you might be able to put together a HOWTO on this? I think it would be extremely valuable to a lot of people. On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 11:25:34PM -0500, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > 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. -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Consultant jim@nasby.net Member: Triangle Fraternity, Sports Car Club of America Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?"