On 6/1/07, Joshua D. Drake <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
As the owner of a company that actually actively developing a replication system and has for years... I suggest you start putting your code where your words are.
That doesn't make any sense. As a database *user* it's my prerogative to criticize the bits that make my life painful. Intentional or not, the Slony design compromises its user-friendliness. I would love for the answer to have been "sorry, we did not have time or manpower enough to implement fully transparent replication yet, because it's a rather complex, you see"; but it's not, and I balk at the idea that you cannot strive for something better. For example, there is clearly an opportunity to implement the appropriate hooks in PostgreSQL that can be used *if they are available*; otherwise, on unpatched/older systems, require the use of the slonik command. Alexander.
