From: | "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Vote needed: revert beta2 changes or not? |
Date: | 2005-10-07 05:43:54 |
Message-ID: | 36e682920510062243g403ff649y@mail.gmail.com |
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Just my two cents... but I prefer option 1.
2005/10/6, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>:
> On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:57:33PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc wrote:
> >
> > >I don't get a vote - but I do want to suggest, as a user, that I get
> > >generally annoyed with the presence of interfaces with names that
> > >were chosen for historical reasons, but are maintained only for
> > >compatibility, and either never did, or no longer apply.
> > >
> > >I'd rather you left it fixed. Returning it to the old name, for the
> > >sake of process, and no other good reason, doesn't appeal to me.
>
> It's not just for the sake of process. It's because the pgAdmin guys,
> who were the ones which invented the API and the users of it, are
> already using it with this interface. Changing it means they take the
> compatibility hit. However, I question how hard the compatibility hit
> is -- for the return type, isn't it a matter of testing two possible
> values instead of one? The naming case is harder, but how much?
>
> My vote is to not change them again.
>
> > >It is
> > >a lesson learned. We move on. Enforce the process next time. Self
> > >inflicted punishment is somewhat masochistic. :-)
> >
> > If we don't enforce the process this time, why would we enforce it next
> > time?
>
> Because we will know better.
>
> --
> Alvaro Herrera Architect, http://www.EnterpriseDB.com
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Respectfully,
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