Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E62642E1714 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 02:25:40 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05702-09 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 02:25:38 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B83532E0297 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 02:25:37 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m266PZ6p011586; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 01:25:35 -0500 (EST) To: Greg Smith cc: PostgreSQL Docs Subject: Re: FAQ on Embedding Postgres In-reply-to: References: <200803051502.m25F2fm03349@momjian.us> <718.1204738553@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20080305174126.GM19860@fetter.org> <1029.1204739761@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20080305182500.GN19860@fetter.org> <20080305103043.233761e8@jd-laptop> <20080305105307.2bcce254@jd-laptop> <20080305191717.GV4755@alvh.no-ip.org> Comments: In-reply-to Greg Smith message dated "Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:16:26 -0500" Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:25:35 -0500 Message-ID: <11585.1204784735@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200803/27 X-Sequence-Number: 4839 Greg Smith writes: > I think it's funny to consider a specific recommendation for SQLite as > being out of line when you look at the history here. The whole reason > that software even exists is because of the difficulty of using PostgreSQL > in this context. See http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6650 I've got nothing against SQLite. But I am unhappy with the idea of us recommending *any* particular bit of software that is not under our control, especially in a document that is as widespread and hard to update as our FAQ. There are any number of scenarios where we might want to take back such an endorsement, but once made it'll be out there somewhere on the Web until cockroaches rule the earth. There is also the whole class of arguments about "why'd you recommend X and not Y?" that we'd surely get sucked into. Better not to go there in the first place. regards, tom lane