On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 15:33 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Josh Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> writes: > >>> Josh has completely failed to make a case that > >>> that should be the default. > >> > >> Agreed. > > > In what way have a failed to make a case? > > You're assuming that we should set up the default behavior to support > replication and penalize those who aren't using it. > Considering that > we haven't even *had* replication until now, it seems a pretty safe > bet that the majority of our users aren't using it and won't appreciate > that default. We routinely expend large amounts of effort to avoid > cross-version performance regressions, and I don't see that this one > is acceptable when others aren't. > > I entirely agree that it ought to be easier to set up replication. > But there's a difference between having a big red EASY button for people > to push, and pushing it for them.
Replication is an option, not a requirement. So +1 on Tom's argument here. > > regards, tom lane > -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering http://twitter.com/cmdpromptinc | http://identi.ca/commandprompt -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
