Re: Did we really want to force an initdb in beta2?

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Did we really want to force an initdb in beta2?
Date: 2010-06-03 15:25:04
Message-ID: 4C07C950.4060209@enterprisedb.com
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On 03/06/10 17:54, Tom Lane wrote:
> Because that's the consequences of fooling with pg_control.
> I committed the PG_CONTROL_VERSION bump that was missing from
> the patch Robert committed last night, but I wonder whether
> we shouldn't revert the whole thing instead. It's not apparent
> to me that what it bought is worth forcing beta testers to initdb.

Hmph, good point, I did not think of that at all when I reviewed the patch.

If we moved the new DB_SHUTDOWNED_IN_RECOVERY as the last item in the
enum, we would stay backwards-compatible.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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