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PostgreSQL deserves better than libpq (twitter.com)
37 points by sovande 224 days ago
2 comments
sovande 224 days ago
Background https://bitbucket.org/tildeslash/libzdb/src/b38570e6190312d9...
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EdwardDiego 224 days ago
I can't see the commit diff in my mobile browser, well done Atlassian.

Could you perhaps provide more context beyond a link?

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cosmotic 224 days ago
They added the addictive "superior" to describe mysqls implementation in their docs. That's the entire change. No code changes. Seems like a petty change antithetical to good documentation.
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d1ss0nanz 224 days ago
Click on "Full commit"?
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cosmotic 224 days ago
Ah thanks, that worked.

Usability problem is still Atlassian's responsibility.

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sovande 224 days ago
By mistake, I used a link to an insignificant commit while I was attempting to link to this comment block with more context.

https://bitbucket.org/tildeslash/libzdb/src/master/src/db/po...

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misswaterfairy 224 days ago
The whole diff in that (pointless?) commit...:

  * Note: Due to design limitations in both libpq and PostgreSQL's
- * architecture, this implementation does not support the memory-bounded

- * streaming behavior available with MySQL and Oracle.

+ * architecture, this implementation does not support the superior

+ * memory-bounded streaming behavior we use with MySQL and Oracle.

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