Re: plperl db access documentation enhancement

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Alexey Klyukin <alexk(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: plperl db access documentation enhancement
Date: 2010-02-05 20:29:45
Message-ID: 201002052029.o15KTkU06331@momjian.us
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > Patch applied for 9.0. We don't normally backpatch such documentation
> > improvements unless we receive multiple reports of confusion.
>
> I think that's a mistake in this case. The documentation wasn't
> confusing -- it was bogus. (Actually, the bug fixing is a smaller
> change than the whole of this patch, so we could provide the smaller
> patch if desired to apply to 8.4. To be honest I think it is better to
> just apply the larger patch verbatim.)
>
> I could do the backpatch if you want. I just wanted some more peer
> review on the changes.

Sure, go ahead if you are sure. I wasn't clear enough to risk it, and
documentation churn in back branches has its own downsides, which is why
I avoid it, especially for larger patches.

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