Re: [HACKERS] Patch: Remove all declarations from pg_attribute.h, consolidate BKI scripts

2009-12-20 Thread Robert Haas
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 7:20 PM, John Naylor jcnay...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, Following up on my experimental patch last month to revamp the BKI infrastructure, I am proposing a less invasive set of changes with the hope of offering something committable. Some of these were discussed by

Re: [HACKERS] Patch: Remove all declarations from pg_attribute.h, consolidate BKI scripts

2009-12-20 Thread Andres Freund
Hi, On Monday 21 December 2009 02:23:39 Robert Haas wrote: A more important point is whether we really need to make this dependent on Perl 5.6 or later. What features are we using here that actually require Perl 5.6? I suspect the answer is none, but we don't like writing the code in a way

Re: [HACKERS] Patch: Remove all declarations from pg_attribute.h, consolidate BKI scripts

2009-12-20 Thread Tom Lane
Andres Freund and...@anarazel.de writes: On Monday 21 December 2009 02:23:39 Robert Haas wrote: A more important point is whether we really need to make this dependent on Perl 5.6 or later. I dont see a platform without perl 5.6 where a new enough flex/bison is available... That argument

Re: [HACKERS] Patch: Remove all declarations from pg_attribute.h, consolidate BKI scripts

2009-12-20 Thread Andres Freund
On Monday 21 December 2009 04:23:57 Tom Lane wrote: Andres Freund and...@anarazel.de writes: On Monday 21 December 2009 02:23:39 Robert Haas wrote: A more important point is whether we really need to make this dependent on Perl 5.6 or later. I dont see a platform without perl 5.6 where

Re: [HACKERS] Patch: Remove all declarations from pg_attribute.h, consolidate BKI scripts

2009-12-20 Thread John Naylor
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Andres Freund and...@anarazel.de wrote: On Monday 21 December 2009 04:23:57 Tom Lane wrote: Andres Freund and...@anarazel.de writes: On Monday 21 December 2009 02:23:39 Robert Haas wrote: A more important point is whether we really need to make this

Re: [HACKERS] Patch: Remove all declarations from pg_attribute.h, consolidate BKI scripts

2009-12-20 Thread Robert Haas
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: Andres Freund and...@anarazel.de writes: On Monday 21 December 2009 02:23:39 Robert Haas wrote: A more important point is whether we really need to make this dependent on Perl 5.6 or later. I dont see a platform without