Because many developers of postgres work over dialup modems at speeds of 32k. 500KB over a 32Kb line is a problem. Especially if you aren't even planning on using jdbc, you still pay the price when doing a CVS checkout.
--Barry Rene Pijlman wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:22:19 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > >>500k of binaries? You just lost the argument. That's not an acceptable >>amount of overhead to add to the Postgres distribution. >> > > Why? 500K can easily fit on a floppy, and that's technology from > the 1980's. > > Regards, > René Pijlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
