Re: Postgresql 7.1.2

Michael A. Peters writes:

> Perhaps the e-mail addresses should be kept private that are in that file if
> they don't want them contacted- but that's a different issue and doesn't warrant
> discussion except among those people and postgresql.

I guess it's okay to Cc: people, but the problem was mostly that mail
didn't get to the lists at all.  Never mind, though, I was a bit cynical.

> I was referring to the postgresql book,

The available book was finished before 7.1 came out.

> and the fact that this change (which
> seems major to me) isn't referenced in the Changelog (which doesn't seem to
> have anything from 7.0 to 7.1), install file, or whatever.

The HISTORY file has:

Store tables as files named by OID (Vadim)

The ChangeLog files are mostly nonsense, IMHO.

> On linux I run postgresql 7.0.3- which isn't that old.
> Won't update till I need to- perhaps this change needs to be mentioned in
> the ChangeLog or Install file (or the FAQ) since it has a big impact on
> startup scripts that look for template1 in the ~/data/base/ directory to
> determine wether or not postgresql has been properly initiated.

What happens in the data directory was always an internal matter, except
for the PG_VERSION file perhaps.

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