Re: 8.0 Open Items

On August 20, 2004 09:01 pm, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > > Darcy Buskermolen wrote:
> > >>> * remove to_char(interval) if we initdb or mention removal
> > >>
> > >> I vote just to mention it's removal at this time,
> > >
> > > Agreed. Done.
> >

> I don't see any mention of it being removed in the 7.4 release notes.
> I see it in the SGML docs:
>
> Warning: <literal><function>to_char</function>(<type>interval</type>,
> <type>text</type>)</literal> is deprecated and should not be used in
> newly-written code. It will be removed in the next version.

Hmm I had never seen this entry before, most likely because it's the same
size/face as the body, Maybe in the future we can have warnings of this sort
made a bit more prominate or such? Though I must admit I do not read the
manual from cover to cover with each release. My reading tends to stem from
the release notes to give me an overview of what's new, and what's coming
down the pipe. So based on what in the docs, and that this is an major
release, removing to_char(interval) would be acceptable.

>
> I suppose that is enough warning. Is it fair to remove things during
> beta though, especially since it wasn't mentioned in the 7.4 release
> notes but just the docs? Of course, if it is buggy, that might be a
> reason to remove it anyway.
>
> Let's keep it in the release notes and if we remove it via initdb we can
> just update the release notes to say it is now removed in 8.0.

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