On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 12:45:34AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > For core code, the answer would be a big NYET. We do not do feature > additions in point releases, only bug fixes. While contrib code is more > under the author's control than the core committee's control, I'd still > say that you'd be making a big mistake to not follow that basic > guideline. People expect release x.y.z+1 to be the same as x.y.z except > for bug fixes. Introducing any new bugs into x.y.z+1 would cause a > large loss in your credibility.
... and since contrib packages are distributed along with PG, it would also be a loss to PG's credibility. IMHO, core should disallow feature additions in point releases for contrib modules, as well as the core code, except for very unusual situations. If contrib authors don't like this facet of our release engineering process, they can always distribute their code via some other outlet (gborg, SF, etc.). -Neil ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match