On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 10:35 AM, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > We keep re-litigating changes, either with pg_xlog, binaries, or > pg_stat_activity, and at some point we need to settle on a > policy. The usual "change" options are: > > 1. make the change now and mention it in the release notes > 2. #1, but also provide backward compatibility for 5+ years > 3. mark the feature as deprecated and remove/change it in 5+ years > 4. #3, but issue a warning for deprecated usage > > What causes us to choose different outcomes?
Well, sometimes backward compatibility is more possible than at other times. With standard_confirming_strings, we made it a GUC, but that doesn't work with renaming a column in pg_stat_activity. Also, there's a big difference in my mind between changes that affect DBAs and changes that affect user queries. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
