Обсуждение: PostgreSQL on Solaris future

   As I know Solaris packages were maintained by Sun but I'm not sure
about the future after recent buildfarm problems.
   Does the community plans to maintain Solaris packages or it will be
Oracle dependent?
   Are there any alternative packages for Solaris I'm not aware of
(except building from sources of course)?

wstrzalka <wstrzalka@gmail.com> writes:
>    As I know Solaris packages were maintained by Sun but I'm not sure
> about the future after recent buildfarm problems.
>    Does the community plans to maintain Solaris packages or it will be
> Oracle dependent?

When and if Bjorn stops building packages, we'll look for a replacement.
Presumably somebody will be willing to do it, unless Oracle has managed
to drive open source users away from Solaris completely by then.

            regards, tom lane

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Lou Picciano <loupicciano@comcast.net> wrote:
> I'd be happy to offer Solaris build services, as well, should this become an
> issue - for as long as we can maintain our loyalty to Solaris.  We are
> dependent now on the same set of variables to which Tom alludes.  I think
> the inference must be: That a company wielding the resources of an Oracle
> could have long ago made a clear commitment to its de facto (if inherited)
> opensource community, if such a commitment had been its intention.
> We're now all in limbo on this...
> And don't forget the hard work of Steve Christensen; Steve continues to
> offer builds of PostgreSQL - and loads of other immensely useful packages -
> on SunFreeware, even in the face of tenuous support from Sun.  Thank You,
> Steve!

Last company I worked at we used Oracle and the instant client had an
RPM version for RHEL4.  It was something like 3 versions behind.
Oracle's answer to my queries to have a new version made?  "Why don't
you make it?"

Wow, that's some support there...  I have no great hopes for Sun under
Oracle management.

Scott Marlowe wrote:
> Oracle's answer to my queries to have a new version made?  "Why don't
> you make it?"
>

While I'm sure someone will step in to help out if this gets botched on
Oracle's side, I know if I were running any production Solaris installs
that counted on packaged builds of PostgreSQL I'd be leaning how to do
that myself fast--before they just remove resources related to it
without warning anyone (again).

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