Re: Warning about the 8.4 release

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Warning about the 8.4 release
Date: 2009-01-06 19:06:03
Message-ID: 9680.1231268763@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> Most of the entries are quite frankly junk,

> That was the same reaction Tom had. Again, many might be junk, but is
> it 100% junk. What about:

> 8.4 - psql output for \l

Done (and this is on the commitfest page anyway)

> Overriding Kerberos parameters

Just submitted 4 days ago, and anyway Magnus is
quite capable of committing it for himself

> HAVE_FSEEKO for WIN32

Proposes moving win32-only code into port.h,
which is 100% wrong IMHO

> stat() vs cygwin

According to the thread, no one but you thinks there's a
problem.

> Memory mess introduced by recent funcapi.c patch

Fixed

> The suppress_redundant_updates_trigger() works incorrectly

Fixed

> So what's an "empty" array anyway?

Blue-sky discussion about a fundamental behavior change
that should certainly not be put into 8.4 in a rush.

As-is, this list is completely unhelpful. It looks like you've dumped
all your unread mail onto this page and asked the rest of us to sort it
for you. I'm sorry, but I've got other things to do.

regards, tom lane

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