Re: Prepping to break every past release... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David Fetter
Subject Re: Prepping to break every past release...
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Msg-id 20090310142859.GF4804@fetter.org
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In response to Re: Prepping to break every past release...  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
Responses Re: Prepping to break every past release...  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:46:28AM +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 01:27 +0000, Andrew Gierth wrote:
> 
> > Now, of course, counting the upcoming 8.4 there have been three (and a
> > bit - the original design predates 8.1, though it did anticipate some
> > 8.1 features) new releases against which the original concept can be
> > tested. And, guess what, nothing in those releases has even come close
> > to invalidating the original design concept (as we knew all along).
> > 
> > If you're still not convinced of that fact, it would be possible to
> > take the original design and update it to 8.4 following the original
> > plan. But I'm not prepared to spend any time on this if the only
> > result is going to be more argument.
> 
> I see the use for some more stable views.
> 
> Would it be better to publish them as an external project?

It's been an external project, newsysviews, since before 8.1 came out.
I think it's time to bring it in from the cold.  Call the new schema
pg_sysviews, plop it in there, and call it done :)

Cheers,
David.
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