Stephen Frost wrote: -- Start of PGP signed section. > Bruce, > > * Bruce Momjian (br...@momjian.us) wrote: > > I have researched this and need feedback. > > In general, I like the whole idea of using random/special ports for the > duration of the upgrade. I agree that we need to keep the ability to > check the existing clusters. My gut feeling is this: keep the existing > port options just as they are, so --check works just fine, etc. Use > *only* long-options for the "ports to use during the actual upgrade" and > discourage their use- we want people to let a random couple of ports be > used during the upgrade to minimize the risk of someone connecting to > one of the systems. Obvioulsy, there may be special cases where that's > not an option, but I don't think we need to make it easy nor do I think > we need to have a short option for it.
Having long options mean different than short options seems very confusing. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
