Re: pg_upgrade: downgradebility

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>
Subject: Re: pg_upgrade: downgradebility
Date: 2006-09-21 22:10:14
Message-ID: 17236.1158876614@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Jonah H. Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On 9/21/06, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
>> If not, care to open up the process? We have others interested in
>> contributing.

> We'll be opening it in the next few weeks. A large majority of it is
> working but we want to solidify the design and current issues before
> releasing it for comment and suggestion.

I see more and more people falling into the trap of doing a lot of work
*before* showing their ideas to the community. This is an excellent
plan if what you are hoping to accomplish is to waste a lot of work.
Otherwise, you'll do a lot better to get the community involved sooner.

regards, tom lane

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