Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1wVcft-0025VQ-2M for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:05:58 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1wVcfq-00F0G5-2Y for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:05:54 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1wVcfq-00F0Fw-15 for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:05:54 +0000 Received: from smtp.outgoing.loopia.se ([93.188.3.37]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1wVcfn-00000001IwN-1GQe for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:05:53 +0000 Received: from s807.loopia.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by s807.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB3056201D6 for ; Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:05:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from s934.loopia.se (unknown [172.22.191.5]) by s807.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id B154761F4C9; Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:05:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (unknown [172.22.191.5]) by s934.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD690A3D606; Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:05:47 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavis at amavis.loopia.se X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.2 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 tagged_above=-999 required=6.2 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1] autolearn=disabled Authentication-Results: s471.loopia.se (amavis); dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=yesql.se Received: from s981.loopia.se ([172.22.191.5]) by localhost (s471.loopia.se [172.22.190.35]) (amavis, port 10024) with LMTP id WhIKrL1odLCG; Sat, 6 Jun 2026 00:05:47 +0200 (CEST) X-Loopia-Auth: user X-Loopia-User: daniel@yesql.se X-Loopia-Originating-IP: 89.255.232.236 Received: from smtpclient.apple (customer-89-255-232-236.stosn.net [89.255.232.236]) (Authenticated sender: daniel@yesql.se) by s981.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 36BF022B1740; Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:05:47 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yesql.se; s=loopiadkim1707475645; t=1780697147; bh=kd5hsgJgu5UkzWHEL3L5r2G6qLIFH9UycgA4SEj/iW4=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:References:To; b=UWVZE3Tar3isGRIgbazNHU+8dXJRYfVOSooxHKrgUq1kvaBbK9BCdbK7XhJAS8rMs UmVBudAL0rdRjbUkG2hMAKJhf7usRR2lmfU0expFKb1R2se5vDe3oEYs1HLkK0V7oF FKJ3zljQ6zkpkBFCFO80tsuv5oEwnSiG/BGnuCqLr0lTJV1KDYEHiaFLbm+UJQNZEK hPUgeaXJHXR0OZN8gPYB2iO8AKjjEB64EC5Smpr+ON0tJ3yUFYsIUPuwLW1Y2GvD34 cVk3v2PGnCFTZP8FaCTjTrcBbF+rKTwSA2uL8Kk7+3s8woFOcf4dK+Wb0twWFM3fhN 3857hAJFxqZcw== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3776.700.51.11.12\)) Subject: Re: Remove the refint contrib module (for v20) From: Daniel Gustafsson In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 00:05:36 +0200 Cc: Ayush Tiwari , PostgreSQL Hackers , =?utf-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro_Herrera?= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: Nathan Bossart X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3776.700.51.11.12) List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk > On 5 Jun 2026, at 23:05, Nathan Bossart = wrote: >=20 > 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? >=20 > +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. -- Daniel Gustafsson