X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92E98D1B4ED for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 04:43:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18243-06 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 01:42:54 -0300 (ADT) Received: from bob.samurai.com (bob.samurai.com [205.207.28.75]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A3E8D1B4EC for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 01:42:52 -0300 (ADT) Received: from 6-allhosts (d226-85-166.home.cgocable.net [24.226.85.166]) by bob.samurai.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 768281E49; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 00:42:45 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: 7.4 compatibility question From: Neil Conway To: Christopher Kings-Lynne Cc: Bruce Momjian , Tom Lane , PostgreSQL Hackers In-Reply-To: <3F960A83.4010205@familyhealth.com.au> References: <200310220431.h9M4VXl20009@candle.pha.pa.us> <3F960A83.4010205@familyhealth.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1066797764.374.1.camel@tokyo> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 00:42:44 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200310/1013 X-Sequence-Number: 45695 On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 00:41, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > > It would be pretty strange to use those as a default --- I am not > > inclined to mention it in the release notes --- we don't mention every > > change, only significant ones. > > Personally, I think that's a fairly silly policy! I agree -- documenting possible areas of incompatibility is important, and I would prefer that we err on the side of mentioning too much, rather than too little. -Neil