On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:23 PM, David Fetter <david@fetter.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 02:12:25PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:10 PM, David Fetter <david@fetter.org> wrote:
>> > It is precisely this kind of issue that leads me to believe it would
>> > be counter-productive to come up with any client-specific hacks.
>>
>> These definitional issues exist on the server, too, and weren't
>> considered early enough there either.
>>
>> Preventing people from working on the things they care about is not a
>> good idea. There is no guarantee they will work on the things you
>> care about instead. They may just do nothing.
>
> We have situations where the "fix it in one spot" approach has
> resulted in real, serious problems. Try explaining to someone new to
> the project why pg_dump and pg_dumpall are separate programs, for
> example.
True, but I thought I had addressed that point fairly thoroughly in my
various replies.
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