[Info-vax] VMS Software Q1 '23 Update

[Craig A. Berry]

On 1/25/23 1:41 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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.

I have no argument with the priorities.  There's still a bit of a
disconnect between saying on the one hand "We have ported PostgreSQL to
VMS and here's a field test kit" and on the other hand "We have no plans
to port PostgreSQL to VMS."