* Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> [100203 12:39]: > "Greg Sabino Mullane" <g...@turnstep.com> writes: > > As one of the more vocal critics of the 8.3 implicit casting > > incident, I say +1 on making the change. Unlike casting, it's > > a simple GUC change to "fix", and now (9.0) is the time to > > do it. > > Unfortunately, no: six months ago was the time to do it. > > The argument for doing this now hinges solely on a marketing-driven > choice of version name, and not on any actual evidence that applications > are ready for it. We really need to do this at the start of a devel > and alpha test cycle, not at the end.
I'm not really worried about users using/testing PG from CVS or alphas - they are users following PG closely enough that the switch is easy for them to handle. *I* think beta1 is the when this *needs* to be done by. Sure, it would have been nicer if it was earlier, but beta1 is when "users" start actually using/testing (by "users" here, I mean ones who aren't closely following PG development, and changes). After beta1 comes out, it's absolutely a no-go, but if changing standard_conforming_strings is something the "community" wants to go towards, then I say do it now, before we're locked into another release and another year of it. a. -- Aidan Van Dyk Create like a god, ai...@highrise.ca command like a king, http://www.highrise.ca/ work like a slave.
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