Re: [PATCH v4] Add \warn to psql

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Arthur Zakirov <a(dot)zakirov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>, Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] Add \warn to psql
Date: 2019-07-09 03:35:28
Message-ID: 20190709033528.vymdx4ocplskfcyv@momjian.us
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On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 11:29:00PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 11:29:03PM +0200, David Fetter wrote:
> >>> I fixed that, but I'm wondering if we should back-patch that fix
> >>> or leave the back branches alone.
>
> >> +0.5 for back-patching.
>
> > Uh, if this was done in a major release I am thinking we have to mention
> > this as an incompatibility, which means we should probably not backpatch
> > it.
>
> How is "clearly doesn't match the documentation" not a bug?

Uh, it is a bug, but people might be expecting the existing behavior
without consulting the documentation, and we don't expect people to be
testing minor releases.

Anyway, it seems to be have been applied only to head so far.

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