Re: EOL for 8.2 (was Re: Formatting Curmudgeons WAS: MMAP Buffers)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Dan Ports <drkp(at)csail(dot)mit(dot)edu>, Kevin Grittner <kevin(dot)grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, andrew <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, cbbrowne <cbbrowne(at)gmail(dot)com>, greg <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: EOL for 8.2 (was Re: Formatting Curmudgeons WAS: MMAP Buffers)
Date: 2011-04-21 17:39:15
Message-ID: 28138.1303407555@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> Better that someone should just focus on whipping Robert's (or was it
> Greg's?) replace-the-missing-casts package into shape as an extension.

I think Peter originated that, actually. My recollection is that there
didn't seem to be any way to extend it to a complete solution, and
besides which it's really a crutch to avoid fixing bugs in your
application. Still, if someone does want to expend more work on it
I wouldn't object.

regards, tom lane

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