Re: Removing binaries

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Jan de Visser <jan(at)de-visser(dot)net>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Subject: Re: Removing binaries
Date: 2017-03-28 15:51:20
Message-ID: CA+Tgmoa5ug=K+qv=vKtpAWd+_HL+cnYfHAsJM4rdPGa3hTE04w@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Peter Eisentraut
<peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> On 3/21/17 08:12, Robert Haas wrote:
>> I think a big part of the usability problem here comes from the fact
>> that the default database for connections is based on the username,
>> but the default databases that get created have fixed names (postgres,
>> template1). So the default configuration is one where you can't
>> connect. Why the heck do we do it that way?
>
> Historical, probably. We could ponder changing the way the default
> database is determined, but I don't want to imagine the breakage coming
> out of that.

What do you think would break?

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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