| From: | "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> |
|---|---|
| To: | "mlw" <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>, "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Hannu Krosing" <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>, "Lamar Owen" <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Upgrading rant. |
| Date: | 2003-01-05 16:58:29 |
| Message-ID: | 03AF4E498C591348A42FC93DEA9661B8128E21@mail.vale-housing.co.uk |
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mlw [mailto:pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com]
> Sent: 05 January 2003 16:36
> To: Bruce Momjian
> Cc: Tom Lane; Hannu Krosing; Lamar Owen; pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Upgrading rant.
>
> (2) Upgrade HAS HAS HAS to be fool proof.
Agreed.
> No one is going to use it if you say, backup your data just
> in case.
I think we would be irresponsible to _not_ say that, no matter how good
we thought the code was.
> It
> should be as trust worthy as postgresql itself. If it can't
> be that it
> is not a valid tool. Anything less will not be used by
> professionals and
> wouldn't be worth the effort.
Agreed again. But I still backup my PostgreSQL boxes, and would advise
anyone else to as well. Frankly I'm glad I do, especially having had yet
another Fujitsu disk die the other day.
Regards, Dave.
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