Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F9E52E004E for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 02:53:45 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 14723-05 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 02:53:40 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FBE72E007C for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 02:53:42 -0400 (AST) Received: from jd-laptop (or-69-34-217-90.sta.embarqhsd.net [69.34.217.90]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m266s3xt004999 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:54:04 -0800 Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:53:34 -0800 From: "Joshua D. Drake" To: Tom Lane Cc: Greg Smith , PostgreSQL Docs Subject: Re: FAQ on Embedding Postgres Message-ID: <20080305225334.4c9aad61@jd-laptop> In-Reply-To: <11585.1204784735@sss.pgh.pa.us> 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> <11585.1204784735@sss.pgh.pa.us> Organization: Joshua D. Drake X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.0; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/8Mi1T8YCk9Ujk.0r09uADNp"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:54:04 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200803/28 X-Sequence-Number: 4840 --Sig_/8Mi1T8YCk9Ujk.0r09uADNp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:25:35 -0500 Tom Lane 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 --=20 The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/=20 PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL SPI Liaison | SPI Director | PostgreSQL political pundit --Sig_/8Mi1T8YCk9Ujk.0r09uADNp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHz5TxATb/zqfZUUQRAgRcAJ4mbEIU3ABqFuV4PZ67p2eNDqF1UACffwot aA/HBfpKPSxv/BAQ6BjAUeU= =a4Im -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/8Mi1T8YCk9Ujk.0r09uADNp--