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From: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Greg Smith <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Docs <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: FAQ on Embedding Postgres
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:53:34 -0800
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On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:25:35 -0500
Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.

I have to agree. As much as I actually like SQLite the reality is the
only thing we can remotely guarantee is the quality of our own software
and as Tom says, "cockroaches". I still find articles that I wrote 5
years ago that are not even remotely relevant any longer but I get
emails about them.

We need to focus the language on and about postgresql and postgresql
only.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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