PostgreSQL deserves better than libpq

EdwardDiego wrote: post #3

sovande wrote: post #2

Background https://bitbucket.org/tildeslash/libzdb/src/b38570e6190312d9...

I can't see the commit diff in my mobile browser, well done Atlassian. Could you perhaps provide more context beyond a link?

Click on "Full commit"?

Re: PostgreSQL deserves better than libpq

#5

Post by misswaterfairy » Sun, Nov 09, 2025, 12:31 PM UTC

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.

Re: PostgreSQL deserves better than libpq

#6

Post by cosmotic » Sun, Nov 09, 2025, 7:16 PM UTC

EdwardDiego wrote: post #3

sovande wrote: post #2

Background https://bitbucket.org/tildeslash/libzdb/src/b38570e6190312d9...

I can't see the commit diff in my mobile browser, well done Atlassian. Could you perhaps provide more context beyond a link?

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.

Re: PostgreSQL deserves better than libpq

#7

Post by cosmotic » Sun, Nov 09, 2025, 7:18 PM UTC

d1ss0nanz wrote: post #4

EdwardDiego wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't see the commit diff in my mobile browser, well done Atlassian. Could you perhaps provide more context beyond a link?

Click on "Full commit"?

Ah thanks, that worked.

Usability problem is still Atlassian's responsibility.

Re: PostgreSQL deserves better than libpq

#8

Post by sovande » Sun, Nov 09, 2025, 9:13 PM UTC

sovande wrote: post #2

Background https://bitbucket.org/tildeslash/libzdb/src/b38570e6190312d9...

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...