Would someone give me a status on this?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hi all, > > There seem to be a few namespace conflicts for the options of postgres > and postmaster. The one's I could identify from the man pages are : > > -i -N -o -p -S -s > > If we are going to deprecate -o, then we'll need to make sure we also > introduce replacement names where these conflicts are. This way, in the > future -o can be treated like a 'no-option' and everything would work. > > If we notify of the impending deprecation now, to actually occur in 7.3, > would we be best intoducing alternative option names somewhere in the > 7.2 beta cycle so people writing scripts for 7.2 can use the new names > and know their scripts will work into the future? > > ??? > > Regards and best wishes, > > Justin Clift > > > Tom Lane wrote: > > > > Marko Kreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I am suggesting this. > > > [ code snipped ] > > > > Okay, that would mean that "-o '-S nnn'" still works, but "-o -F" > > doesn't. > > > > But ... the thing is, there is no reason for -o to exist anymore other > > than backwards compatibility with existing startup scripts. -o doesn't > > do anything you can't do more cleanly and sanely with GUC options > > (--sort_mem, etc). So, I don't really see much value in keeping it > > if you're going to break one of the more common usages --- which I'm > > sure -o -F is. > > > > Since the problem I identified is not likely to bite very many people, > > my vote is not to try to apply a code solution now. I think we should > > leave the code alone, and instead document in 7.2 that -o is deprecated > > (and explain what to do instead), with the intention of removing it in > > 7.3. Giving people a release cycle's worth of notice seems sufficient. > > > > Possibly we could also take this opportunity to deprecate -S and the > > other options that are standing in the way of unified command line > > options for postmasters and backends. > > > > regards, tom lane > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those > who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the > first group; there was less competition there." > - Indira Gandhi > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
