Tom Lane wrote:
Andreas Pflug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Simon Riggs wrote:
Now we're into 8.2devel mode, its time to submit the previously
discussed patch that:
- reduces Numeric storage format by 2 bytes
This makes the often discussed binary upgrade impossible, so I wonder if
two bytes savings are worth the trouble.
Unless someone actually steps forward and produces a working pg_upgrade
in the 8.2 timeframe, this objection is moot.
Hm, so if this patch is applied now, and in 5 months or so somebody
implements pg_upgrade, this numeric storage patch would be rolled back?
OTOH, an upgrade mechanism that's compatible for future 8.3+ versions
only seems not too attractive.
A solution might be to keep the current numeric implementation under a
different name (deprecatednumeric or so), for backward compatibility
(this should apply to future storage format changes as well).
Regards,
Andreas
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