Re: BUG #5218: Easy strategic feature requests

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Russell Wallace <russell(dot)wallace(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #5218: Easy strategic feature requests
Date: 2009-11-30 18:42:45
Message-ID: 162867790911301042w720f37d5ne75e15c34905760e@mail.gmail.com
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2009/11/30 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:
> Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> I thing so ex-MySQL needs exact DESCRIBE, exact SHOW statement. It is
>> some, what they used long time and then they missing it.
>
> You know, if they're not willing to make any adaptations, they're never
> really going to make the transition anyhow.  If we provide
> bug-compatible versions of SHOW or whatever, people like that will just
> move on to complaining about some other difference.
>
> I'm in favor of trying to develop some documentation aimed at helping
> new MySQL converts, but I don't think there's much to be gained by
> doing more than that.

+1

Any official place has sense - minimally for people who can read documentation.

Regards
Pavel
>
>                        regards, tom lane
>

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