On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 14:51 -0500, Tom Lane 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.
Then before we go beta, we should confirm the names. IIRC that is not until at least 15 Feb, perhaps 15 Mar. ISTM there will be much discussion on a range of things, just as there was last year and no doubt will be every year. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/books/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
