On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 20:51, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: >> On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 19:48 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: >>> We try to avoid inidb-requiring changes (like renaming a system >>> object...) during beta. > >> Why? > > So that beta testers won't be forced to do a dump and reload. > > When and if pg_upgrade is actually 100% trustworthy, maybe the desire > to avoid initdb's after beta1 will vanish completely; but for now it's > still a good thing to avoid.
I think it's still a good thing to avoid. It's at that point no longer as necessary, but it's still best if we can avoid to make those changes after beta when possible. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers