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From: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: Marc G. Fournier <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL www <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Split ftp distributions
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:10:55 -0800
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:08:06 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> wrote:

> > On a serious note the reason I would assume that it is not done is
> > that only one person knows how and it isn't myself, stefan, dave or
> > magnus.
> 
> Well, then I propose we give more people power to do such things.

I don't think it is the power that is the problem. It is the utter
lack of documentation. I know that a couple in the IN list above have
the security clearance... but reverse engineering production systems
based on zero knowledge of operation is not a fun or safe thing to do.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake 


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