http://pgolub.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/backward-compatibility-never-heard-of-it
If we had stable system views for all database objects (stable as in we just append to them), then refactoring our system tables wouldn't break things for our users. Just sayin'. (and don't tell me about information_schema, which is fairly useless for anything except tables and columns) -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
