On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 13:53 +0100, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 01:29:43PM +0000, Greg Stark wrote: > > The main advantage would be for circumstances such as the Windows > > installer where users are installing precompiled binaries. They don't > > get an opportunity to choose the block size at all. (Similarly for > > users of binary-only commercial products such as EDB's but the Windows > > installer makes a pretty good argument on its own). > > And all the linux distributions which ship precompiled binaries. I'm > sure there are people who compile postgres themselves but I think there > are more who don't.
I think that is an understatement. I would say 99% of postgresql users do NOT compile from source. Heck the only time I compile from source is when I need to fix mis-configured defaults in RH packages (which is why we now have rpms that fix those defaults) or when we have back patched something for a customer. Joshua D. Drake > > Have a nice day, -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdr...@jabber.postgresql.org Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company, serving since 1997 -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
