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issue2551220 - In installation.txt clarify source directory. Added links to how to download source and added that testing only works from source install.
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1 .. index:: postgres; deployment notes
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4 PostgreSQL/psycopg Backend
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5 ==========================
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7 This are notes about PostqreSQL backend based on the psycopg adapter for
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8 Roundup issue tracker.
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10 Prerequisites
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11 =============
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13 To use PostgreSQL as backend for storing roundup data, you should
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16 1. PostgreSQL_ 8.x or higher
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18 2. The psycopg_ python interface to PostgreSQL_
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20 Note that you currently need at least version 2.8 of psycopg_ -- the
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21 postgresql backend will work with 2.7 but if you're using the native
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22 postgresql indexer you need at least 2.8. Also if you want to run the
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23 tests, these also need 2.8. If your distribution has an older version we
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24 suggest that you install into a python virtual environment.
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26 .. _psycopg: https://www.psycopg.org/
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27 .. _PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org/
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31 Running the PostgreSQL unit tests
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34 The user that you're running the tests as will need to be able to access
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35 the postgresql database on the local machine and create and drop
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36 databases. See the config values in 'test/db_test_base.py'
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40 Credit
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43 The postgresql backend was originally submitted by Federico Di Gregorio
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