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Re:Pgroll: zero-downtime, undoable, schema migrations for Po... by pierat on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:29AM (#37753202)
"Undoable" in this case means "possible to undo", not irreversible!
Re:Pgroll: zero-downtime, undoable, schema migrations for Po... by bitslayer on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:39AM (#37753339)
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 (#37753308)
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 (#37753303)
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 (#37753316)
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 (#37753466)
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 (#37753479)
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

Re:Pgroll: zero-downtime, undoable, schema migrations for Po... by exekias on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:53AM (#37753542)
Thank you for noticing this! We are looking into changing the wording :)
Re:Pgroll: zero-downtime, undoable, schema migrations for Po... by hamilyon2 on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @12:06PM (#37753738)
"With easy rollback", because rollback is well understood