On lör, 2012-07-14 at 10:41 +0200, Joel Jacobson wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> wrote: > > > Personally, I hate this proposed nested directory structure. I would > > like to have all objects in one directory. > > > > But there is a lot of "personally" in this thread, of course. > > > Why do you hate it? > > It's a bit like saying, > - I hate database normalization, better to keep all rows in one single > table. > or even, > - I hate directories.
To a certain extent, yes, I hate (excessive use of) directories. > I have thousands of objects, it would be a total mess to keep them all in a > single directory. Thousands of objects could be a problem, in terms of how the typical file system tools scale. But hundreds or a few thousand not necessarily. It's easy to browse, filter, and sort using common tools, for example. > Using a normalized directory structure makes sense for the SCM use-case, If there is a theory of "normalization" for hierarchical databases, I don't know it but would like to learn about it. > I haven't seen any projects where all the files are kept in one directory. Well, of course everyone uses directories in moderation. But you might want to take a look at the gcc source code. You'll love it. ;-) -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
