Re: Remove array_nulls? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: Remove array_nulls?
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Msg-id 20151218171014.GC28035@awork2.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: Remove array_nulls?  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Remove array_nulls?  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On 2015-12-18 12:06:43 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> Well, Tom, Alvaro, and I all pretty much said that removing things
> when it's blocking further development makes sense, but that there's
> no hurry to remove anything else.  That sounds like what you are
> saying, too.  So what's the actual disagreement here?

I'm saying that 10 year deprecation periods don't make sense. Either we
decide to remove the compat switch because we dislike it for $reasons,
in which case it should be removed sooner. Or we decide to keep the
switch indefinitely.



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