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 <rene@lab.applinet.nl>
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