[KDE-pim] New Install: AKONADI wit PostgreSQL

[Paul Vixie]

On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 04:39:44PM -0600, Hakan E. Duran wrote:
> > for what it's worth, all that time when i thought i hated akonadi, i was
> > actually hating mysql (as storage engine for akonadi). when i switched to
> > pgsql (as storage engine for akonadi), my akonadi-related pain stopped.
> 
> It is good to know. Perhaps someday in the near future, somebody smart
> enough will come with a docker container that provides stable KDEPIM
> experience with PostgreSQL that is easy to maintain, upgrade, downgrade
> if needed and keep modular. Wouldn't that be lovely?

docker seems like overkill. i just install the packages on suse leap 15.2.
while i agree that pgsql's upgrade process could be simpler, and that
akonadi's pgsql support should be the default, i would not wish to wall
it all away inside a container.

note:

"pg_upgrade --link" is supposed to remove the dump/restore penalty, but it
does nothing to prevent the need to have the old and new software installed
at the same time. not every package manager is happy to do this; on suse i
see something called /etc/alternatives which is full of symlinks, and only
one postgresql package can own those symlinks. very frustrating.

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Paul Vixie