Re: BUG #2683: spi_exec_query in plperl returns column names which are not marked as UTF8 - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 07:07:18PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> > At some point, we will find something where we will have to duplicate
> > some large hunk of 5.8's functionality to support 5.6.
>
> No, we won't; we are not in the business of fixing Perl bugs.

My point exactly.

> You haven't given any reason why someone who is using 5.6 and is
> happy with it shouldn't be able to continue to use it with PG.

In my experience, people aren't "happy with" 5.6.  Instead, they've
got a mandate to maintain support for it, and this could be an
argument for upgrading.

Cheers,
D
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