On 9/5/12 5:59 PM, Daniel Farina wrote:
> I agree with this, even though in theory (but not in practice)
> creative use of unix sockets (sorry windows, perhaps some
> port-allocating and URL mangling can be done instead) and conventions
> for those would allow even better almost-like-embedded results,
> methinks. That may still be able to happen.
Sure, everyone who cares can already do this, but some people probably
don't care enough. Also, making this portable and robust for everyone
to use, not just your local environment, is pretty tricky. See
pg_upgrade test script, for a prominent example.
