David Parker wrote:

>I believe the default version with Solaris 9 is 5.6.1, while 5.0X is
>default for Solaris 8. Not hard to build it, of course. I don't know
>about AIX.
>
>What area of configuration and installation do you mean? Replacing the
>configure script? I've been using the tools/slony_setup.pl, and it's
>been very useful in getting started, once I realized I had to rip out
>all the db creation stuff in the beginning of the resulting bash file (I
>already have a schema defined on each slave). In the perl world I assume
>a program like slony_setup would just do the work directly, rather than
>generating a shell script?
>
>Is expanding the capabilities of slonik an alternative to perl for
>management tasks? A set of utilities would be cool, but I haven't fully
>explored what's available in slonik yet.
>
>If you went the perl route, including the appropriate PM for postgres
>access would be helpful, and cleaner than what slony_setup.pl has to do
>now. 
>  
>
The goal for slony_setup was to be as compatible as possible with all
the slony "supported" platforms out there, hence the lack of DBI support
in the script, and the lack of later perl core modules, such as
Data::Dumper. We presumed a postgres installation, perl 5, and
"everyday" shell tools and that was it.

Some have pondered adding more features, such as DBI. Some have even
suggesting making it Perl-Gtk.

Perhaps the best solution would be to have multiple tools, each suited
for the number of perl modules/availability of X windowing system the
user installing slony has. For now, I believe slony_setup.pl should
remain the "lowest common denominator" setup facility for slony.
Anything else should be separate.

BTW, slony_setup was a originally shell script. :)

Daniel

>- DAP
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: slony1-general-bounces at gborg.postgresql.org
>[mailto:slony1-general-bounces at gborg.postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Andrew
>Sullivan
>Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 3:55 PM
>To: Slony List
>Subject: Re: [Slony1-general] Requirements
>
>On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 12:47:02PM -0700, David Fetter wrote:
>  
>
>>We already require a fairly modern version of PostgreSQL, and 
>>requiring (say) Perl 5.6 or better is really not onerous.
>>
>>What say ye?
>>    
>>
>
>I say that Solaris 8 and AIX 5.1 do not have such a Perl.  The best you
>can assume is 5.003.  And even then, you might not have it.
>
>A
>
>--
>Andrew Sullivan  | ajs at crankycanuck.ca
>In the future this spectacle of the middle classes shocking the avant-
>garde will probably become the textbook definition of Postmodernism. 
>                --Brad Holland
>_______________________________________________
>Slony1-general mailing list
>Slony1-general at gborg.postgresql.org
>http://gborg.postgresql.org/mailman/listinfo/slony1-general
>
>_______________________________________________
>Slony1-general mailing list
>Slony1-general at gborg.postgresql.org
>http://gborg.postgresql.org/mailman/listinfo/slony1-general
>  
>

-- 

Daniel Ceregatti - Programmer
Omnis Network, LLC

You are fighting for survival in your own sweet and gentle way.

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://gborg.postgresql.org/pipermail/slony1-general/attachments/20040721/97fdddaa/attachment.html