Re: Removing pg_migrator limitations

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>

Date: 2009-12-20T03:52:53Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> >> Seems I need some help here.
>>
>> I'm willing to work on this --- it doesn't look particularly fun but
>> we really need it.
>
> You don't know fun until you have tried to stack hack upon hack and
> still create a reliable migration system.  :-(

They say that people who love sausage and respect the law should never
watch either one being made, and I have to say I'm coming to feel that
way about in-place upgrade, too.

...Robert