On 12 November 2012 21:26, Merlin Moncure <mmonc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I couldn't disagree more. The patch is small, logical, and fixes an > awful problem, namely that --single mode is basically unusable. As to > your wider point (namely, that you can't connect to it, therefore it's > bad), it has got to be refuted by numerous competing solutions in the > market such as http://www.firebirdsql.org/manual/fbmetasecur-embedded.html, > and many others. Small is not an argument in favour, just a statement of ease, like jumping off a cliff. i.e. lemmings. > While it's not as common as it used to be, now and then a piece of > software needs to distribute an application as part of a boxed > product. Postgres is horrible at this and doesn't have to be; imagine > how much easier the lives of poker tracker would be (for *some* of its > users) with an integrated standalone mode: google 'poker tracker > postgresql' and take a good long look at problems people face in this > scenario. I get the installability thang, very very much, I just don't see the single process thing as the only solution. At very least an open minded analysis of the actual problem and ways of solving it is called for, not just reach for a close to hand solution. I don't ever want to hear someone reject a patch cos it would mess up poker tracker. The point is it complicates the code, introduces restrictions into what is possible and is just more inertia onto development. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers