From: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
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To: | jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Prepping to break every past release... |
Date: | 2009-03-04 21:27:50 |
Message-ID: | 937d27e10903041327o4788ba78gda64765c6830abd7@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
> It is not easy to say. It is correct to say. I am under no illusion that
> this will not be painful. As far as "man weeks of recoding". Sorry, I
> know that will be tough.
It'll be a complete and utter waste of time, and make a horrible mess
of any client code that has to support multiple versions.
>> Besides - what percentage of users ever go anywhere near the
>> catalogs? I'd guess a fraction of a percent of users, and maybe 1 - 5%
>> of developers.
>>
>
> Any DBA worth his salt uses system catalogs. Lowering the barrier on
> uses these catalogs will lead to better and more useful tools as well.
Then psql and pgAdmin aren't doing their jobs properly. Tell us what you need.
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Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
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