Re: Proposal: provide postgresql powered full-text search in djangoproject.com

2017-05-08 Thread Marc Tamlyn
I'm not sure I see the benefit here. The strength and purpose of postgres FTS is that you can combine some FTS behaviour with some relational queries easily at the same time. I'm pretty sure our search requirements on dp.com need that, so using a dedicated search provider is a better option. On 7

Re: Proposal: provide postgresql powered full-text search in djangoproject.com

2017-05-08 Thread Adam Johnson
> > I'm pretty sure our search requirements on dp.com need that, s/need/don't need/ ? 😉 On 8 May 2017 at 13:59, Marc Tamlyn wrote: > I'm not sure I see the benefit here. The strength and purpose of postgres > FTS is that you can combine some FTS behaviour with some relational queries > easily

Re: Proposal: provide postgresql powered full-text search in djangoproject.com

2017-05-08 Thread Marc Tamlyn
Yes, don't need that sorry. On 8 May 2017 at 14:40, Adam Johnson wrote: > I'm pretty sure our search requirements on dp.com need that, > > > s/need/don't need/ ? 😉 > > On 8 May 2017 at 13:59, Marc Tamlyn wrote: > >> I'm not sure I see the benefit here. The strength and purpose of postgres >> F

Re: Proposal: provide postgresql powered full-text search in djangoproject.com

2017-05-08 Thread Tobias McNulty
I'm no FTS expert, but based just on the facts raised in this thread, if using Postgres FTS 1. would not break existing nor potential search needs (in fact it might expand the functionality available) and 2. would allow eliminating an entire service from the infrastructure that seems lik

Re: Proposal: django.contrib.mysql

2017-05-08 Thread Adam Johnson
Update: I decided not to try merge django-mysql as django.contrib.mysql because I think it's an advantage to have it as a separate package. As it stands, it supports Django 1.8 to 1.11 for all features, so people who aren't on cutting edge Django can still use all its features. Contrast that with d

Re: A New Design for the "Congratulations!" Page

2017-05-08 Thread Darius
Hi Tim, Here are my thoughts: 1. The main message "it worked" has given his placement to a log, leaving the user to focus on the image when the page loads. This can leave the user wondering if it worked until they see the lwords "The Install Worked". Congratulations. reload the pa

Re: Proposal: provide postgresql powered full-text search in djangoproject.com

2017-05-08 Thread Tim Graham
I agree that eliminating elasticsearch could be a simplification win from a maintenance perspective. For example, I spent some hours a few months ago debugging a problem with a new version of elasticsearch that caused our cluster to run out of memory and lock up every ~24 hours. Also, not having