Re: Final /contrib cleanup -- yes/no?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Final /contrib cleanup -- yes/no?
Date: 2008-11-07 01:29:32
Message-ID: 17986.1226021372@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> Eh, Tom has a point. If we build module loading for 8.5, we shouldn't
> change the functionality in the interim for 8.4. Annoying as it is.

The main reason I'm concerned about it is that when we do modules
(which I certainly hope happens for 8.5) we would then have two
different old behaviors to worry about compatibility with.
I'm afraid of painting ourselves into a corner.

regards, tom lane

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