Re: Major features for 9.1
От | Joshua Berkus |
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Тема | Re: Major features for 9.1 |
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Msg-id | 119023166.4158.1301854715743.JavaMail.root@mail-1.01.com обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: Major features for 9.1 (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>) |
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Re: Major features for 9.1
(Andrew Lardinois <lardinois@gmail.com>)
Re: Major features for 9.1 ("Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>) Re: Major features for 9.1 (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>) Re: Major features for 9.1 (Greg Smith <greg@2ndQuadrant.com>) |
Список | pgsql-advocacy |
> I assume you mean by "innovation" that these are things where > PostgreSQL > was the first DBMS to implement them. The risk with that is, unless > you > do very careful research, someone might debunk each of these within 24 > hours after the release, making the whole thing look foolish. Well, we can hedge a bit. But, better, can someone (preferably several someones) on this list volunteer to do research? Anyone? > > Moreover, the fact that something might have been innovated doesn't > explain how it helps the user. Truthfully, for a press release, it doesn't matter. Many reporters/bloggers will happily quote that we're the first databasewith SSI without having a clue what it means. In general, most reporters who cover databases don't really know know(or care) much about databases regardless (or "NoSQL" wouldn't have the press it does). From a PR perspective, the important thing to get across is that the PostgreSQL project is innovating, implementing new databasetech before anyone else. This is critically important during a period where SQL-RDBMSes are being portrayed as "oldgrandfathers" in a press more enchanted with "the new hotness" of recently invented DBMSes. Now, for our users and for serious database geeks, we *do* need an elevator-pitch explanation of several features which tellsthem why they should care. Several features in particular are not immediately obvious: * SSI * wCTE * KNN-GiST * SE-Postgres * Transaction-controlled Synch Rep I would like to have volunteers from the advocacy list commit to taking on one of each of these features. For each one weneed: a) a two-line explanation of what the feature is and why it's valuable (for the release notes, etc.) b) a wiki page with a more detailed explaination and examples oriented towards the beginning-to-intermediate PostgreSQL user. Volunteers? -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com San Francisco
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