Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iZhWT-0007GG-Uz for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:33:22 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iZhWS-0005PI-KJ for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:33:20 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iZhWS-0005PA-BL for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:33:20 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iZhWP-0002NA-R3 for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:33:19 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id xAQKXEgV024816; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:33:14 -0500 From: Tom Lane To: Peter Eisentraut cc: pgsql-hackers Subject: Re: Remove configure --disable-float4-byval and --disable-float8-byval In-reply-to: <8502bd2e-bd85-9061-f69f-713611b21af6@2ndquadrant.com> References: <15316.1572528990@sss.pgh.pa.us> <1c0156d2-fbbe-aa8d-e7f9-b6ac09ebf129@2ndquadrant.com> <8502bd2e-bd85-9061-f69f-713611b21af6@2ndquadrant.com> Comments: In-reply-to Peter Eisentraut message dated "Tue, 26 Nov 2019 21:27:40 +0100" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <24814.1574800394.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:33:14 -0500 Message-ID: <24815.1574800394@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk Peter Eisentraut writes: > My revised proposal is to remove --disable-float8-byval as a configure > option but keep it as an option in pg_config_manual.h. It is no longer > useful as a user-facing option, but as was pointed out, it is somewhat > useful for developers, so pg_config_manual.h seems like the right place. OK, works for me. regards, tom lane