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Zdenek Kotala wrote: > Tom Lane napsal(a): > > Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Zdenek Kotala wrote: > >>>>> And what about replace all "scripts" by one command e.g pg_cmd with > >>>>> following interface: > > > >> Well, I don't think rolling up the miscellaneous commands into a single > >> binary with behaviour dependent on arg[0] is a bad idea. > > > > I don't think that responds to Zdenek's complaint though. He's unhappy > > about polluting /usr/bin with commands like "createuser" --- which is > > not an unreasonable gripe. AFAICS it doesn't help if "createuser" > > is a link to a single executable rather than a file of its own. > > Yes, It was one idea (after midnight :-) how to keep backward > compatibility for next few releases, but better solution is keep old > binaries for couple of release cycles. > > > But in the light of backwards-compatibility requirements, I can't see us > > removing "createuser" from the distribution ... not in 8.4, nor several > > releases thereafter. > > I agree, I only want to start discussion about new command which will > replace old binaries. Old binaries will be marked as obsolete and they > will be removed e.g. in 9.0. Until we do not have the new command we can > not start thinking about remove old one. I think we can have new command > ready for 8.4. > > > Zdenek > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
