Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Really I'd like to see standalone mode, in its current form, go away
>> completely. I had a prototype patch for allowing psql and other clients
>> to interface to a standalone backend. I think getting that finished would
>> be a way more productive use of time than improving debugtup.
> The last patch including Windows implementation was posted at below
> link sometime back.
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/6C0B27F7206C9E4CA54AE035729E9C382853263C@szxeml509-mbs
> If this is the right thing, I can rebase the patch and make it ready.
IIRC, the discussion stalled out because people had security concerns
and/or there wasn't consensus about how it should look at the user level.
There's probably not much point in polishing a patch until we have more
agreement about the high-level design.
regards, tom lane