On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 20:51, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
>> On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 19:48 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>> We try to avoid inidb-requiring changes (like renaming a system
>>> object...) during beta.
>
>> Why?
>
> So that beta testers won't be forced to do a dump and reload.
>
> When and if pg_upgrade is actually 100% trustworthy, maybe the desire
> to avoid initdb's after beta1 will vanish completely; but for now it's
> still a good thing to avoid.
I think it's still a good thing to avoid. It's at that point no longer
as necessary, but it's still best if we can avoid to make those
changes after beta when possible.
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Magnus Hagander
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