Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On l?r, 2010-05-01 at 17:26 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I am unclear why it would be in /bin if it requires 15 steps to run > > and is run only once by only some users. It seems natural > > for /contrib, like pgcrypto. > > Well, pg_resetxlog is also rarely run by most users. It started in > contrib but was later moved to bin in order to show that it is fully > supported.
Yea, it is like pg_resetxlog. The only counter-argument I can think of is that we decided that everyone should have the pg_resetxlog binary available, and not have to scramble around to install it in case of a problem, but I will admit that is a thin argument. > Also, I think the 15 steps are a bit inflated. Several of those steps > are about building and installing various pieces of software. If you > count that way, using PostgreSQL itself might also require about 12 > steps. In a packaged environment that allows side-by-side installation > of major versions (such as Debian or Windows), you need about 4 or 5 > manual steps, and with a small script layer you need only 1 or 0. Well, that is good news. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
