Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Avoiding upgrade backlash

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> >> Honestly, I think you are underestimating this problem.
> >
>
> > I fail to see why this is a major problem; and merely asserting that
> > it is one isn't going to change my mind. Can you point to something
> > like a major application that will be broken and can't easily be fixed?
>
> SQL-Ledger/LedgerSMB
>
> What I find interesting is that I (and Josh) are getting push back and
> all we are trying to do is be a little louder about the change.

Adding extra warnings/notices is not a zero-cost action so there has to
be justification to do it. Actually it is near-zero cost to use but not
zero-cost to our users who have to read it multiple places. (Think dumb
product warning labels.)

What I have done is to move the item up to the top of our
incompatibilities list in the release notes. That is near zero cost for
everyone.

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