Re: Remove the refint contrib module (for v20)

Hi,

On Mon, 29 Jun 2026 at 00:29, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> wrote:

> > On 28 Jun 2026, at 10:14, Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de> wrote:
>
> > The doc patch says that Postgres 19 shipped a contrib module named
> > refint, but that's not fully correct. It shipped an *extension* named
> > refint inside the contrib module named spi. I think that wording could
> > be improved.
>
> Agreed.
>
> + trigger functions <function>check_primary_key()</function> and
>
> We also typically don't append parentheses to function names in the docs.
>

Thanks for the review!

Attaching patch with improved wording and parentheses
changes.

Basic git diff between v3 and v4:

- <title>refint Module Removed</title>
+ <title>refint Extension Removed</title>

- PostgreSQL 19 and below shipped a
- contrib module named refint that provided the
- trigger functions check_primary_key() and
- check_foreign_key() as an early way to enforce
+ PostgreSQL 19 and below shipped an
+ extension named refint, part of the
+ spi contrib module, providing the trigger
+ functions check_primary_key and
+ check_foreign_key as an early way to enforce

- ...), and the module was removed
+ ...), and the extension was removed

Regards,
Ayush