Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 19:48 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> We try to avoid inidb-requiring changes (like renaming a system
>> object...) during beta.
> Why?
So that beta testers won't be forced to do a dump and reload.
When and if pg_upgrade is actually 100% trustworthy, maybe the desire
to avoid initdb's after beta1 will vanish completely; but for now it's
still a good thing to avoid.
regards, tom lane