#772047 RFH: pgpool2 -- connection pool server and replication proxy for PostgreSQL

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Christoph Berg
Date:
2025-05-30 10:29:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#772047#3
Date:
2014-12-04 17:04:08 UTC
From:
To:
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal

I request assistance with maintaining the pgpool2 package in the
PostgreSQL team. I'm not using the package myself - someone with more
experience in actually running pgpool2 would be welcome to take care
of getting the more advanced features (e.g. memcached support) into
shape.

The package description is:
 pgpool-II is a middleware that works between PostgreSQL servers and a
 PostgreSQL database client. It provides the following features:
 .
  * Connection Pooling
  * Replication
  * Load Balance
  * Limiting Exceeding Connections
  * Parallel Query
 .
 pgpool-II talks PostgreSQL's backend and frontend protocol, and relays a
 connection between them. Therefore, a database application (frontend) thinks
 that pgpool-II is the actual PostgreSQL server, and the server (backend) sees
 pgpool-II as one of its clients. Because pgpool-II is transparent to both the
 server and the client, an existing database application can be used with
 pgpool-II almost without a change to its sources.
 .
 This is version 3 of pgpool-II, the second generation of pgpool.

If you are interested, please let me or the PostgreSQL packages
mailing list know.

Thanks,
Christoph
#772047#8
Date:
2016-02-18 16:04:54 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Christoph,

I am really interested in helping for this package. I am a PG user and
i use pgpool2 from time to time.

Are you still looking for help ?

Kind regards
#772047#11
Date:
2016-03-18 22:00:32 UTC
From:
To:
Re: William Bonnet 2016-02-18 <56C5EBA6.30503@theitmakers.com>

Hi William,

sorry for the delayed answer - yes we are still looking for help.

Christoph
#772047#16
Date:
2016-03-22 20:59:43 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Christoph,

Thanks for your answer. Is there some urgent things to do ? Any advice
about what I should  start with ?

Maybe we can talk about this on IRC ?  my Nick is _william_ on
irc.debian.org (also on freenode).

Cheers,
W.
#772047#19
Date:
2016-04-06 21:21:32 UTC
From:
To:
Re: William Bonnet 2016-03-22 <56F1B23F.8020603@theitmakers.com>

Hi William,

sorry that it took me a long time to answer again.

Pgpool is a complex piece of software, and the problem with the
package is that it could use a lot of general attention. There is a
whole series of testsuites in there, but it is yet unclear, which of
parts these should be run at build time, and which from autopkgtest in
debian/tests/*. I'd greatly appreciate if someone could untangle
these so we could have more confidence that the packages built are
really working.

There are only two bugs open, but both need checking if they still
apply (or in the case of #87222, if it makes sense at all, given it's
only a subject with a reference to a pgpool upstream bug number).

Also, we are still on 3.4, though Marco has already packaged 3.5 in
git. Getting that finished, tested, and uploaded would be nice.

debian/rules looks pretty complex, maybe it could be simplified.

So, lots of things to do, pick one to start at ;)

Thanks for your offer to help! If you have any questions, ask me
(Myon) on IRC. I'll see if I can find you there to say hello.

Cheers,
Christoph
#772047#22
Date:
2025-05-21 10:46:27 UTC
From:
To:
Back in 2014 I wrote:

If there's people interested in pgpool2, now would be a good time to
look at https://github.com/pgpool/pgpool2/issues/106. pgpool2 might
miss trixie otherwise.

Christoph