Re: [PATCHES] default database creation with initdb

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de]
> Sent: 20 June 2005 10:14
> To: Tom Lane
> Cc: Dave Page; Robert Treat; Magnus Hagander;
> pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] default database creation with initdb
>
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> writes:
> >
> >>Can't tell whether I could find time for reviewing the docs
> the next
> >>days (more interesting for feature freeze is having fixed the
> >>implementation anyway).
> >
> >
> > Of the sixty-odd files that mention template1 in current
> CVS, only about
> > half are documentation.
>
> The decision which files should be changed must be taken.
> e.g. createdb,
> dropdb will use template1 hardcoded. Is it acceptable that
> those tools
> fail if the "postgres" database isn't present any more?

That's what I'm working on atm, and given Tom's previous comment about
small-footprint users not wanting an extra 5/6MB on the size of a new
cluster, I'm leaving most things using template1 and mainly just
updating docs and examples. 'postgres' can then be dropped with no ill
effects other than a return to the old template1 etc. issues.

Regards, Dave.