This is a reminder of today's RFC discussion about MediaWiki's database schema
for PostgreSQL. Tim proposes to make it more similar to our MySQL schema, to
reduce maintenance overhead and breakage
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164898>.
Rationale: The inconsistencies between the MySQL and PostgreSQL schemas cause a
constant maintenance burden. PostgreSQL support is frequently broken in master.
The PostgreSQL schema is certainly better than the MySQL one, if analyzed in
isolation, but the advantages to PostgreSQL users of having an improved schema
are more than outweighed by the disadvantages of inconsistency with the
remainder of the installed MediaWiki user base.
The discussion will take place on the #wikimedia-office channel on Freenode, at
21:00 UTC (2pm PDT, 23:00 CEST).
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Daniel Kinzler
Principal Platform Engineer
Wikimedia Deutschland
Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
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