On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 18:45, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Oliver Elphick wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 17:52, Vince Vielhaber wrote: > > > Seems to me that if FHS allows such a mess, it's reason enough to avoid > > > compliance. Either that or those of you who build for distributions are > > > making an ill advised change. Simply because the distribution makes the > > > decision to add PostgreSQL, or some other package, to it's distribution > > > doesn't make it a requirement to change the location of the config files. > > ... > > I really don't see why there is such a not-invented-here mentality about > > this issue. I say again, standards-compliance is the best way. It > > makes life easier for everyone if standards are followed. Don't we > > pride ourselves on being closer to the SQL spec than other databases? > > Any way, if PostgreSQL stays as it is, I will continue to have to ensure > > that initdb creates symlinks to /etc/postgresql/, as happens now. > > It doesn't have anything to do with "not-invented-here", which is a > common refrain by people who don't like our decisions, like "Why don't > you use mmap()? Oh, it's because I thought of it and you didn't". Does > anyone seriously believe that is the motiviation of anyone in this > project! I certainly don't.
My apologies. I withdraw the comment, which was provoked mostly by Vince's response, quoted above. I agree that it is not characteristic of the project. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "The earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein." Psalms 24:1 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
