Re:Pgroll: zero-downtime, undoable, schema migrations for Po...
by pierat on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:29AM
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"Undoable" in this case means "possible to undo", not irreversible!
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Re:Pgroll: zero-downtime, undoable, schema migrations for Po...
by bitslayer on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:39AM
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That is a funny word. I am a big proponent of in-word dashes, which in this case could help clarify. It is "undo-able", not "un-doable".
Re:Pgroll: zero-downtime, undoable, schema migrations for Po...
by jandrese on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:37AM
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Thanks, I was wondering why they were advertising the process to be impossible. A better term would have been "reversible".
Re:Pgroll: zero-downtime, undoable, schema migrations for Po...
by canadiantim on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:37AM
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Seems like very unfortunate wording then as irreversible is exactly what I thought
Re:Pgroll: zero-downtime, undoable, schema migrations for Po...
by murkt on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:38AM
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Yeah, needs a dash there. Undo-able.
Re:Pgroll: zero-downtime, undoable, schema migrations for Po...
by wccrawford on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:48AM
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It wouldn't mean "irreversible" regardless. It would mean "not possible to do" (ie impossible) or "possible to undo".
Re:Pgroll: zero-downtime, undoable, schema migrations for Po...
by systems on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:49AM
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yes, horrible choice of word, i read it to mean one way schema migration (but zero downtime so maybe worth the risk)
i think he should use the obvious word if this is what it means: reversible