Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.187]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AAAB2E2D4A for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:01:18 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 68456-06 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:01:09 -0400 (AST) Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 368A12E2D55 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:01:12 -0400 (AST) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (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 lAHLHAHw010801 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:17:13 -0800 Message-ID: <473F568D.2060308@commandprompt.com> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:01:01 -0800 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 (Windows/20070809) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Lane CC: Bruce Momjian , josh@agliodbs.com, pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Avoiding upgrade backlash References: <200711171134.lAHBYnt11239@momjian.us> <473F4C26.3090907@commandprompt.com> <20609.1195332773@sss.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <20609.1195332773@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:17:14 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200711/68 X-Sequence-Number: 4601 Tom Lane wrote: > "Joshua D. Drake" writes: >> Honestly, I think you are underestimating this problem. > > I fail to see why this is a major problem; and merely asserting that > it is one isn't going to change my mind. Can you point to something > like a major application that will be broken and can't easily be fixed? SQL-Ledger/LedgerSMB What I find interesting is that I (and Josh) are getting push back and all we are trying to do is be a little louder about the change. Joshua D. Drake > > regards, tom lane >