Re: State of Beta 2

>>>>> "MGF" == Marc G Fournier <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:

MGF> On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

MGF> Just to add to this ... Bruce *did* start pg_upgrade, but I don't recall
MGF> anyone else looking at extending it ... if the *need* was so great,
MGF> someone would have step'd up and looked into adding to what was already
MGF> there ...

Hmmm, this is the math I just did in my head:

time to implement pg_upgrade = X
time to dump/restore once per year = Y

If X > Y*2 then why bother expending the effort? Now, if the X was
distributed over a bunch of people, perhaps it would make sense to me.

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