Re: drupal.org MySQL database issues

On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 05:16:36PM -0400, Jonah H. Harris wrote:

> In this thread, I've seen several people say something to the effect
> of, "why is PostgreSQL harder to use than MySQL?" IMHO, it's
> difficult for us to answer that question because we're all experienced
> with PostgreSQL and have somewhat biased opinions on what it takes to
> administer and manage PostgreSQL compared with other systems.

I agree, but we do seem to have some people who are saying "MySQL is
easier to use with Cpanel or Plesk than is PostgreSQL." Exactly one
of those people has taken me up on my request to outline _how_ it is
easier. So far, it sounds to me like the main complaint is that
pg_hba.conf is on the filesystem, which makes it hard to use. I
agree with Josh Drake on that one: if that's the _real_ barrier, it
shouldn't be that hard to hack up some module to make it work better.
But I don't know whether that is in fact the problem, and nobody
seems to be confirming or denying that that's the issue.

A

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