Re: Feature Request: pg_replication_master()

On 21 December 2012 14:09, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Joshua Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
>>> As ever, we spent much energy on debating backwards compatibility
>>> rather than just solving the problem it posed, which is fairly easy
>>> to
>>> solve.
>>
>> Well, IIRC, the debate was primarily of *your* making. Almost everyone else on the thread was fine with the original patch, and it was nearly done for 9.2 before you stepped in. I can't find anyone else on that thread who thought that backwards compatibility was more important than fixing the API.

Then you're forgetting the thread. If you reread it you will find I
was not alone.

> +1. Let's JFDI.

Agreed, lets get on with solving the problem rather than continuing a
debate that could have been avoided, and can stop any time people
choose to let it.

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