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== Are there Launchpad packages available? ==
No, Launchpad is not packaged and there are no plans to do so. Launchpad deployment is done straight from Bazaar branches and is quite complex.

== Why PostgreSQL? ==
PostgreSQL was chosen in 2004 because it supported most of the features we thought we would need; MySQL did not. The other contender was Oracle, and for a while we made sure we would be able to switch to Oracle if necessary but PostgreSQL has worked great.

== How integrated is the database in the code? ==
Highly. We make use of PostgreSQL specific features, such as:
 * SQL language extensions
 * PL/pgSQL and Python stored procedures
 * Triggers
 * Functional indexes
 * Automatic load balancing over the replicas with Slony-I
 * Transactional DDL
 * tsearch2 full text search
 * Database permissions

== What version of Python is required? ==

Currently, Python 2.4 but we're working hard on getting us on at least Python
2.5 if not Python 2.6. This isn't hard to do, it's just a lot of work, but it
will happen in time for Karmic at the latest.

== Can I look at the code without downloading it all? ==

Yes, you can browse the [[http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~launchpad-pqm/launchpad/db-devel/files|source code]] on Launchpad.		 #refresh 0 https://launchpad.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html

FAQ (last edited 2021-12-10 15:16:54 by cjwatson)