David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> The syntax by itself does nothing, but the underlying capability gives
> users:
Ok, now I understand that the syntax you proposed was a shortcut for an
I-want-it-all request :)
> - The ability to have versions of software on different databases on
> the same system.
>
> - The ability to do deterministic upgrades, rather than just, "upgrade
> me to the latest, which may be buggy and/or slow things down to
> avoid a problem I know I don't have."
Both depends on a filesystem organization rework.
> I am not saying that this is a show-stopper. I *am* saying that
> multiple concurrent versions and deterministic upgrades are common
> enough requests that you shouldn't do things that would prevent those
> in the future.
Would it be useful to have the syntax support in 9.1 already, but which
would only check that the asked-of new version (and current version) are
the one currently available (and installed), and ERROR out otherwise?
I think that syntax-and-check is still doable for 9.1, if there's a will
to get there.
Regards,
--
Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support
