| From: | Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)berkus(dot)org>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Vladimir Rusinov <vrusinov(at)google(dot)com>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Cynthia Shang <cynthia(dot)shang(at)crunchydata(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal |
| Date: | 2017-02-10 01:19:56 |
| Message-ID: | CAB7nPqRdy1H+FD48Rkz9a_uvUZuOy7b6=h95EZXB6dXLMLYPXA@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:16 AM, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
>> As someone mentioned, forcing a user to install an extension makes
>> the deprecation visible. Another option would be to have the backend
>> spit out a WARNING the first time you access anything that's
>> deprecated. Both of those are pertinent reminders to people that
>> they need to change their tools.
>
> Ugh. Please, no. Hacking up the backend to recognize that a given
> query is referring to a deprecated view and then throwing a warning on
> it is just plain ugly.
>
> Let's go one step further, and throw an ERROR if someone tries to query
> these views instead.
FWIW, I am of the opinion to just nuke them as the "soft of"
deprecation period has been very long. Applications should have
switched to pg_authid and pg_roles long ago already.
--
Michael
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