On 2/9/06, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Maybe this should be a configure flag, just like the port number is. > > It is ... that isn't the issue, the problem is exactly that Debian > chooses to exercise the option to make their installations different > from everyone else's.
It is exatly distributor's job to give consistent system. I would not like to use a distro that just does './configure;make;make install' without any overview. Especially considering that upstream defaults are bad. OTOH as upstream job is _not_ to care about consistent system - as it is not possible - then for upstream the backwards compatibility is the most important thing. It is likely that PostgreSQL upstream can move the default only when most distros have already changed to sane setting. Oh, and I personally like that self-compiled PostgreSQL defaults to other locations than system one. Lessens danger of using experimental stuff on useful data. -- marko ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
