> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I don't think we can remove -o behavior during beta because it will > > affect people using -S in startup scripts. > > That was *not* the proposal under discussion. The proposal was to > warn people in the 7.2 documentation that we plan to remove -o in 7.3. > > AFAICS there is no backwards-compatible way to clean up these switches, > and so the best bet is to make an incompatible change --- after suitable > warning.
OK, it is on the TODO list so we can do it when we want to. So you are considering only a documentation warning? I was thinking we should have single-letter replacements installed and print a warning to the user that the -o '-a -b -c' thing will go away in 7.3. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
