Re: Proof of concept: standalone backend with full FE/BE protocol

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 2:14 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
>> The argument elsewhere in this thread was that the reason for putting
>> this in the connection options was so that you do *not* have to patch up
>> every client to be able to use this functionality.  If you have to add
>> separate options everywhere, then you might as well just have a separate
>> libpq function to initiate the session.
>
> Right, Andres was saying that we had to do both (special switches that
> lead to calling a special connection function).
  Doesn't the new option 'standalone_datadir' (which is already in
patch) a good candidate for special switch?  How does having one more new switch helps better?

With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
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