[Info-vax] VMS Software Q1 '23 Update

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/25/2023 2:18 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 1/25/23 11:03 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 1/24/2023 6:27 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>>> On 1/24/23 12:17 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> |What position does PostgreSQL have on the list of opensource software?
>>>> |
>>>> |We have no plans to port PostgreSQL to OpenVMS.
>>>
>>> That is bizarre.  It's already _been_ ported for Integrity and has been
>>> available since 10 December 2021 as a download from the VSI portal.
>>> It's hard to imagine what an x86 build would require that's different
>>> from an IA64 build.
>>
>> PostgreSQL Client (libpq) is available for both Alpha and Itanium:
>>     https://vmssoftware.com/products/libpq/
>>
>> There has been a lot of talk about PostgreSQL server for VMS and
>> the associated changes to IO. But I have not seen a formal
>> announcement of a finished product being available.
> 
> The kit name is VSI-I64VMS-POSTGRESQL-V1303--1, so appears not just to
> be libpq.

That is a different kit from the LIBPQ kit above.

> The description says, "VSI Shared Stream I/O Modules and VSI
> POSTGRESQL Version 13.3-1 for VSI OpenVMS I64 Version 8.4-2L3 and
> higher. SSIO_MODULES.ZIP and Release Notes are included in the ZIP file.
> * THIS IS A FIELD TEST KIT RELEASE ONLY! *."  And appears to be only
> available with a support contract.

Field test I know.

:-)

> Maybe the field test revealed more problems than they have time to look
> into right now.  Or maybe SSIO is even more difficult to get right than
> they thought it was.

Priorities.

Getting 9.x and the native compilers out is way more important.

And even for the database area then helping the existing
VMS Oracle client customers moving to SQLRelay is probably more
important than a new database.

Arne