On 4/4/2008 6:06 PM, Craig James wrote:
> Why should programmers waste their time doing stuff that the computer can do?  Like creating Slony's configuration files?

Very simple, because in a Slony replication cluster, it is possible to 
have different nodes being origin and/or subscriber of different sets as 
well as have quite different access patterns per node which results in 
different schema requirements (like extra indexes, views, custom 
triggers etc.). Sure, for some users it would be nice to have tools like 
the altperl stuff, that can easily generate those "me master, you slave" 
configuration files. However, if there is so broad need for them, why 
does nobody bother maintaining them?


Jan

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