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pierat
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Pgroll: zero-downtime, reversible schema migration...
"Undoable" in this case means "possible to undo", not irreversible!
wccrawford
on Oct 3, 2023
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It wouldn't mean "irreversible" regardless. It would mean "not possible to do" (ie impossible) or "possible to undo".
bitslayer
on Oct 3, 2023
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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".
murkt
on Oct 3, 2023
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Yeah, needs a dash there. Undo-able.
exekias
on Oct 3, 2023
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Thank you for noticing this! We are looking into changing the wording :)
jandrese
on Oct 3, 2023
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Thanks, I was wondering why they were advertising the process to be impossible. A better term would have been "reversible".
canadiantim
on Oct 3, 2023
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Seems like very unfortunate wording then as irreversible is exactly what I thought
hamilyon2
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"With easy rollback", because rollback is well understood
systems
on Oct 3, 2023
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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
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