Re: Big 7.1 open items

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu>
Subject: Re: Big 7.1 open items
Date: 2000-06-19 05:49:32
Message-ID: 9882.961393772@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com> writes:
> I'd view the breaking of smgr abstraction as a significant cost

Actually, the "smgr abstraction" has *been* broken for a long time,
due to sloppy implementation of features like relation rename.
But I agree we should try to re-establish a clean separation.

>> But
>> I agree we want to have within-the-system admin commands to do the same
>> things.

> MUST have, I should think.

No argument from this quarter. It seems to me that once a PG
installation has been set up, it ought to be possible to do routine
admin tasks remotely --- and that means no direct access to the
server's filesystem.

regards, tom lane

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