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 1wD5wN-002bYa-1t for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:30:23 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1wD5wM-001iwD-2F for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:30:22 +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 1wD5wM-001iw4-1J for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:30:22 +0000 Received: from fhigh-b3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([202.12.124.154]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1wD5wK-00000001CI6-0t2y for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:30:21 +0000 Received: from phl-compute-06.internal (phl-compute-06.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailfhigh.stl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id A45997A027A; Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:30:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phl-frontend-03 ([10.202.2.162]) by phl-compute-06.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:30:19 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eisentraut.org; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm1; t=1776281419; x=1776367819; bh=gpD0jMTP7QglTJVSJgauQNKGuow44D1Td3YwrMXBILI=; b= ORqGpM5opCVPh/1na7G4rCeKULdRJNtanIk2ZUQVNclyvjMBcwGhWDGELiQsYbY+ bXGPfyP5jIz+lR6ch5qJzYerv502GbUxmElDsm1moxcpwLyLxASKl5CS9BsbNiXt 9rWaIacKWt+2mVL/knjoz2gy/0zr313u4rEV+IdekH/oIOJHXWkl+SNnUK8T/hJy gC1SLP5QBdiHwMBBn0Rtfuc5wR+ok4edW91C8kjjrflrqfQpgwaUVLitEleCRc95 pMoqdwfEPp8GyxHAEvNmqsKUewchDH4AHS+gbRSBYLsBcIUG8ssKTf/cAjyx38XP twXPxdrbpzCt4YiU6uFq6Q== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from :in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :reply-to:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; t=1776281419; x=1776367819; bh=g pD0jMTP7QglTJVSJgauQNKGuow44D1Td3YwrMXBILI=; b=r8ZGYKeCfOzDhOE7C DDHQCJjmBKiuUv9deC82iE0bit0gmIG0RPEIRZEZOkXVa5QZPzEusFR2ZB8lG2GR q6ePP2sehW9Lhr6yjv+S1tIJ+u39/SF0Twu0RUVxrguydhx9bHIpjzLwO2Haxr78 smHCLYDbawe3GwVzipL8tBYMo34Ibx/s1PShPNzxWGHL+cKu+GbTNNeIbX8/igEb RNugNSFi3czJTuNZxe23rx9dKFkCBf7PEoTqbddXJLW6Vu7dVhIpaQN7bFox3zou TuHWtsvzRbet61ctJVlAwUGOZ2hnt1IKbQlKT5otP+eILRRJ+RO1UyuPMhfTq1h5 KgqGg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeefhedrtddtgdeggeelgecutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecuuegr ihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurhepkfffgggfuffvfhfhjggtgfesthejredttd dvjeenucfhrhhomheprfgvthgvrhcugfhishgvnhhtrhgruhhtuceophgvthgvrhesvghi shgvnhhtrhgruhhtrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeehiedvhfeuhfeugefgfe ehgeejtdevuefhtefhueefvddugfdtueehgfefudfhffenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigv pedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehpvghtvghrsegvihhsvghnthhrrghuth drohhrghdpnhgspghrtghpthhtohepvddpmhhouggvpehsmhhtphhouhhtpdhrtghpthht ohepthhglhesshhsshdrphhghhdrphgrrdhushdprhgtphhtthhopehpghhsqhhlqdhhrg gtkhgvrhhssehlihhsthhsrdhpohhsthhgrhgvshhqlhdrohhrgh X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: ie0a040ee:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:30:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:30:17 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Do we still need gen_node_support.pl's nodetag ABI stability check? To: Tom Lane , pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org References: <1458883.1776143073@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Language: en-US From: Peter Eisentraut In-Reply-To: <1458883.1776143073@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk On 14.04.26 07:04, Tom Lane wrote: > On the one hand, there's much to be said for belt-and-suspenders-too > safety checks. On the other hand, updating gen_node_support.pl is > an extra manual step while creating a branch, so it's easy to forget > or get wrong. It's also not very clear why this particular sort > of ABI break in a stable branch is any worse than other hazards. This might still be helpful because it checks during local builds and doesn't rely on the buildfarm.