Re: Remove the refint contrib module (for v20)

From: Ayush Tiwari <ayushtiwari(dot)slg01(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: Remove the refint contrib module (for v20)
Date: 2026-06-09 04:46:37
Message-ID: CAJTYsWWm+67r=yf2bCY9bbriYKaK3q79sWJpgqbHQ3endHe9gA@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,

On Tue, 9 Jun 2026 at 00:44, Ayush Tiwari <ayushtiwari(dot)slg01(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 6 Jun 2026 at 03:35, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> wrote:
>
>> > On 5 Jun 2026, at 23:05, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Sat, Jun 06, 2026 at 12:57:56AM +0530, Ayush Tiwari wrote:
>> >> Thoughts? Does this look like the right approach, or is there a
>> >> reason to keep refint around?
>> >
>> > +1. Do we need an appendix-obsolete entry for the docs?
>>
>> Seems like a reasonable thing to add. Once merged, we should probably
>> add (and
>> backpatch) a mention to the docs that the functionality will be removed
>> in v20.
>>
>
> v2 attached. 0001 now adds an appendix-obsolete entry under the same
> contrib-spi-refint id, so existing /current/ documentation links keep
> resolving (mirrors the auth-radius pattern). 0002 is unchanged.
>
> The back-patched "will be removed in v20" notice on v19 (and older)
> I can send it post this merge, as suggested.
>
> Please let me know if I've missed something more. Or if I should
> split v2-0001 into 2 parts, one for removal and the other for appendix-
> obsolete entry.
>

Rebasing.

Regards,
Ayush

Attachment Content-Type Size
v3-0002-Handle-refint-removal-in-cross-version-pg_upgrade-te.patch application/octet-stream 1.9 KB
v3-0001-Remove-the-refint-contrib-module.patch application/octet-stream 39.9 KB

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