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[PATCH 0/2] [important] Set postgresql default value to #f and warn users.

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Message #56 received at 74058 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Nicolas Graves <ngraves <at> ngraves.fr>
To: 74058 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Nicolas Graves <ngraves <at> ngraves.fr>
Subject: [PATCH v6 1/2] gnu: postgresql-configuration: Unset default
 postgresql.
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:19:16 +0100

* gnu/services/databases.scm (postgresql-configuration)[postgresql]:
Unset default.
(postgresql-service): Revert default to postgresql-10 (rationale: We
can remove this service at the same time than postgresql-10, in
something like 6 months to a year).
---
 gnu/services/databases.scm | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/services/databases.scm b/gnu/services/databases.scm
index 0933eb5e79..001f96830e 100644
--- a/gnu/services/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/databases.scm
@@ -167,8 +167,11 @@ (define contents
 (define-record-type* <postgresql-configuration>
   postgresql-configuration make-postgresql-configuration
   postgresql-configuration?
-  (postgresql         postgresql-configuration-postgresql ;file-like
-                      (default postgresql))
+  ;; Setting no default ensures that the user sets its current postgresql
+  ;; explicitely.  Since major upgrades currently require a manual migration
+  ;; of the database, this way the user is responsible for upgrading properly.
+  ;; MAYBE TODO: Write an action to automatically upgrade in Guix.
+  (postgresql         postgresql-configuration-postgresql) ;file-like
   (port               postgresql-configuration-port
                       (default 5432))
   (locale             postgresql-configuration-locale
@@ -346,7 +349,7 @@ (define postgresql-service-type
    (default-value (postgresql-configuration))
    (description "Run the PostgreSQL database server.")))
 
-(define-deprecated (postgresql-service #:key (postgresql postgresql)
+(define-deprecated (postgresql-service #:key (postgresql postgresql-10)
                                        (port 5432)
                                        (locale "en_US.utf8")
                                        (config-file (postgresql-config-file))
-- 
2.46.0

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