Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Avoiding upgrade backlash

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
>>>> Honestly, I think you are underestimating this problem.
>>> I fail to see why this is a major problem; and merely asserting that
>>> it is one isn't going to change my mind. Can you point to something
>>> like a major application that will be broken and can't easily be fixed?
>> SQL-Ledger/LedgerSMB
>>
>> What I find interesting is that I (and Josh) are getting push back and
>> all we are trying to do is be a little louder about the change.
>
> Adding extra warnings/notices is not a zero-cost action so there has to
> be justification to do it. Actually it is near-zero cost to use but not
> zero-cost to our users who have to read it multiple places. (Think dumb
> product warning labels.)
>
> What I have done is to move the item up to the top of our
> incompatibilities list in the release notes. That is near zero cost for
> everyone.
>

Thank you.

Joshua D. Drake