Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD wrote:
>
> > I think the data directory should be explicitly configured by either the
> > posgresql.conf file, environment variable (PGDATA), or through the command line
> > option, but using the "configure" statedir isn't anything
> > anyone would object too.
>
> Changing the default data location at this point would imho be a major hassle
> for those actually using the default.
> Thus I object to changing it.
The "new" proposed configuration should be 100% backward compatible with
existing scripts.