Re: Avoiding upgrade backlash - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Andrew Sullivan
Subject Re: Avoiding upgrade backlash
Date
Msg-id 20071113001323.GA5255@crankycanuck.ca
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In response to Avoiding upgrade backlash  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: Avoiding upgrade backlash
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On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 02:42:30PM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> While we are right to choke down abuse of implicit casting, it might be a
> good idea to give users stronger warnings and instructions.

I think this is true.  I think it maybe ought to be right at the top of the
notes, and maybe ought to be linked off the announcement of the sort

    Users upgrading from previous releases want to read this <a etc>
    compatibility note</a>

I think maybe how Debian handled the notes about kernel changes in the last
stable release would be a good model.  The point there is, _test well_.
We're doing what we warned you about.

> I'm thinking that we need to warn everyone about:
[&c]

This list seems to miss the main warning needed, which is this in 300 point
bold:

IMPLICIT TYPECASTS HAVE BEEN MOSTLY REMOVED.  TEST YOUR APPLICATION!

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