Re:Making Debian Responsible For Its Actions
by __david__ on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @08:28AM
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> Zed wasn't talking about lock-in for nothing.
I don't think you can consider that locked-in in the slightest--it's not like they changed the DB format or removed the ability to dump a db. Do you really think anyone is going to load up postgres on Fedora, find that it's installed in /var/postgres and not /var/lib/postgres, throw their hands in the air, scream like a girl and then go reinstall Debian? Having stuff moved around can be coped with. I'll be able to transfer the data itself to another disto just fine, thank you very much.
I don't think you can consider that locked-in in the slightest--it's not like they changed the DB format or removed the ability to dump a db. Do you really think anyone is going to load up postgres on Fedora, find that it's installed in /var/postgres and not /var/lib/postgres, throw their hands in the air, scream like a girl and then go reinstall Debian? Having stuff moved around can be coped with. I'll be able to transfer the data itself to another disto just fine, thank you very much.