Re: Add more information_schema columns

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Add more information_schema columns
Date: 2018-02-16 21:46:25
Message-ID: dff81905-79a7-933e-24af-ddc05868c8cc@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2/13/18 18:39, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
>> Do we have a policy about catversion bumps for information schema
>> changes? A cluster from before this commit fails the regression tests
>> after the change, but still mostly works...
>
> I think historically we've not bumped catversion, on the grounds that
> there's no incompatibility with the backend as such. However, it is
> kind of annoying that not updating means the regression tests fail.
> Informally, I'm sure most developers take "catversion bump" to mean
> "you need to initdb". So I'd support saying that an information_schema
> change should include a catversion bump if it involves any changes in
> regression test results.

I will do that in the future if that is the preference.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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