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From Jim C. Nasby
Subject Re: Adding a --quiet option to initdb
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Msg-id 20060126230008.GT3920@pervasive.com
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In response to Re: Adding a --quiet option to initdb  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Adding a --quiet option to initdb  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Re: Adding a --quiet option to initdb  (Thomas Hallgren <thomas@tada.se>)
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On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 11:36:15AM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> James William Pye wrote:
> > Why should initdb give it [processing
> > information] to the user if the user didn't request it in the first
> > place?
> 
> Because it shows important information that we want the user to see.

Plus it can be a fairly long-running process on slower machines, so
providing feedback to the user is good.
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