Re: [HACKERS] 6.6 release

From: Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>
To: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Mount <petermount(at)it(dot)maidstone(dot)gov(dot)uk>, "'Tom Lane'" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] 6.6 release
Date: 1999-12-14 10:45:17
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.05.9912140541410.20615-100000@paprika.michvhf.com
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On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Thomas Lockhart wrote:

> imo the *only* reason we are tempted to do more major releases is that
> we are too lazy/understaffed/sensible (you pick it) to support
> multiple db formats for our compiled code. Other commercial DBs don't
> release often, and they don't include big improvements, but they *do*
> include support for multiple db formats/schemas in their product, so
> you aren't forced into an initdb for each release. Instead they
> include klugy workaround code to allow reading older formats with the
> newer version.

Then why don't we come up with something to autoconvert the user's
databases without having to dump/initdb/reload? Or is that just
not feasable (impossible's an answer I'd find hard to believe, but
more trouble than it's worth is understandable).

Vince.
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