Re: Force 8.2 initdb to rename pg_database/pg_class minxid columns?

From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Force 8.2 initdb to rename pg_database/pg_class minxid columns?
Date: 2006-11-02 23:07:31
Message-ID: 20061102230731.GA30085@phlogiston.dyndns.org
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On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 05:22:39PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> I prefer to avoid forcing initdb in late beta, because it causes extra
> work for our long-suffering beta testers, but at the moment I'm thinking
> this is worth fixing now rather than later. Comments?

Given that the column name change entails backwards incompatibility
for many users, and the change no longer signifies an actual change
to underlying functionality, though, it seems worth the pain to me.

A

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