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On Monday 22 December 2008 03:01:07 felix@×××××××.com wrote: |
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> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 02:01:59AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > What's the rationale behind that? I can see why someone might want two or |
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> > more versions of php, python, perl or mysql. |
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> > But postgresql? I can't imagine why it would be useful to the majority to |
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> > have SLOTs for postgresql. People tend to run one version doing one major |
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> > job, which is often not the case for the other examples above. |
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> The only advantage I see is upgrades. The dump and restore is a PITA, |
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> and if you forget and install the new before dumping, you have to |
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> reinstall the old, dump, and rereinstall the new. You could probably |
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> also set up Slony to manage both of them at once, running on different |
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> ports, and upgrade that way, btu I have never tried Slony. |
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Ah yes, dump and restore. I hadn't considered that. |
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