Re: [HACKERS] Lots 'o patches - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Lots 'o patches
Date
Msg-id 199806010427.AAA24654@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Lots 'o patches  (dg@illustra.com (David Gould))
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> Ooops. I guess we need to add "make a useful upgrade procedure" to our
> todo list. I am not picking on this patch, it is a problem of long standing
> but as we get into real applications it will become increasingly
> unacceptable.

You don't like the fact that upgrades require a dump/reload?  I am not
sure we will ever succeed in not requiring that.  We change the system
tables too much, because we are a type-neutral system.

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