On 2015-02-08 23:46:43 +0100, Marko Tiikkaja wrote:
> On 2015-02-08 23:43, nad2000@gmail.com wrote:
> >I run an app that should support both 9.0 and 9.4. I found that at 9.2 the
> >pg_stat_activity column porcpid was renamed to pid. It broke the app. To
> >solve it I had to introduce conditional querying for different versions.
> >I don't think it's right time to do any aesthetically motivated changes at
> >this stage.
What do you mean with "at this stage"? 9.2 was a new major release, and
we don't guarantee compatibilities between major releases.
> 9.2 was released over two years ago. I think it was a mistake to rename it,
> but it's a bit too late object. Renaming it back to "procpid" wouldn't help
> anyone.
I agree that it wasn't a good idea and that it's too late to change it
now.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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