Re:PostgreSQL used fsync incorrectly for 20 years
by darkerside on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @01:56PM
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The less value you provide, the more important politics are. If you aren't doing much, then you damn well better have great messaging. If you're doing a lot, and people are banging on your doors to get what you're selling or giving away, then don't waste your time being polite. Nobody cares. They just want you to do what you do.
Re:PostgreSQL used fsync incorrectly for 20 years
by nothrabannosir on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @02:24PM
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> Nobody cares.
Except georgebarnett and jarym.
Or perhaps that was the point, that PostgreSQL isn’t doing much! :)
Re:PostgreSQL used fsync incorrectly for 20 years
by darkerside on Thursday February 14, 2019 @01:33PM
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> I patched my own systems (wrap the calls in a loop as per standard practice) and then proceeded to run literally hundreds of thousands of PostgreSQL instances on NFS for many more years with no problems.
-georgebarnett
> Actually as great as Postgres is and as generally approachable the community is - my experience was the same a few times and I read it on the mailing list happening to others: - jarym
It seems that despite things not being perfect (and they never are), these people are still having positive experiences with the product and the community overall. So, to restate, some people care enough to post about it on HN, but nobody (who continues to use PG, and there are a lot of us) cares all that much.
People like to think they can escape politics. They can’t. Any group of >1 humans will involve politics.
Learning how to be respectful and polite is like learning how to touch type: it’s a small, painful price to pay once, for a lifetime of copious reward.