Re: array_cat anycompatible change is breaking xversion upgrade tests

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Subject: Re: array_cat anycompatible change is breaking xversion upgrade tests
Date: 2021-05-20 23:35:10
Message-ID: 3849235.1621553710@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 07:43:51PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> As was discussed in the thread leading up to that commit, modifying the
>> signature of array_cat and friends could break user-defined operators
>> and aggregates based on those functions. It seems to me that the
>> usability gain from this change is worth that cost, but it is causing
>> an issue for xversion tests.

> But I think this should be called out as an incompatible change in the release
> notes.

If it was not, yes it should be.

regards, tom lane

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