On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Medi Montaseri <
montaseri@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, this type of presumptuous behavior to wipe out a production database
> based on a few checks is too risky...
>
> Behavior one:
> First out-of-box time, pg_ctl does not find any database files, it tells the
> user that "sorry I did not find any database to start....see initdb....
> Result: we have a semi-unhappy user/admin that says... what is initdb
>
> Behavior two:
> In order to enhance the out-of-box experience, we have wiped out a
> production environment, leading to many unhappy staff and customers....
>
> PG developers...I am not impressed at all...
In defense of the pg developers, the behaviour you describe was