Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> The current project is not in good shape. Feature freeze is coming and
> nothing is committed. Currently there are three patches in the game:
>
>
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> 2) pg_upgrade.sh
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-12/msg00248.php
>
> Pg_upgrade.sh is shell script for catalog conversion. It works for
> 8.3->8.4 upgrade. It will be useful while we will not have better
> solution. Disadvantage is that it is korn shell script. The idea is to
> rewrite it in PERL which is more portable, but I'm not PERL expert and
> currently there is no workable solution.
>
> And what is deadline for it? We can delivery it later with 8.4.1, but
> best time for testing is during betas and RC period.
>
>
>
I have had a very brief look at this. Translation to perl doesn't look
difficult. I'll see what I can do during the next week or so.
cheers
andrew