Re: [HACKERS] 6.6 release

On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Thomas Lockhart wrote:

> imo the *only* reason we are tempted to do more major releases is that
> we are too lazy/understaffed/sensible (you pick it) to support
> multiple db formats for our compiled code. Other commercial DBs don't
> release often, and they don't include big improvements, but they *do*
> include support for multiple db formats/schemas in their product, so
> you aren't forced into an initdb for each release. Instead they
> include klugy workaround code to allow reading older formats with the
> newer version.

Then why don't we come up with something to autoconvert the user's
databases without having to dump/initdb/reload?  Or is that just
not feasable (impossible's an answer I'd find hard to believe, but
more trouble than it's worth is understandable).

Vince.
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