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The postgres developers are not living in an ivory tower, they are solving real problems for real customers. There is so much enthusiasm that the original autho
by jeffdavis 7y ago
The postgres developers are not living in an ivory tower, they are solving real problems for real customers. There is so much enthusiasm that the original author felt there was not enough dissent.
Maybe you should learn and understand why people are happy with postgres in the first place, and then understand your complaints in that broader picture. Then you wouldn't resort to mockery and other unproductive comments.
- scurvy 7y agoI'm not resorting to mockery. I'm sympathizing with the original article's pain. Everything worthwhile in Postgresql involves major downtime and pain to adopt. It's not nearly as seamless as other RDBMS. That was his point, and that is mine. I use checksums as an example, but it is relevant to major version upgrades and other feature introductions. I don't understand why it takes 4 releases before a tool like pg_checksum becomes available after the larger feature is introduced. If the whole thing isn't ready, don't release it. I'm not saying it's easy. I never said it was.