Re: Do away with a few backwards compatibility macros - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Nathan Bossart
Subject Re: Do away with a few backwards compatibility macros
Date
Msg-id 20231121155203.GA3566722@nathanxps13
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In response to Re: Do away with a few backwards compatibility macros  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Do away with a few backwards compatibility macros
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On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 12:05:36AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> No objection here, but should we try to establish some sort of project
> policy around this sort of change (ie, removal of backwards-compatibility
> support)?  "Once it no longer matters for any supported version" sounds
> about right to me, but maybe somebody has an argument for thinking about
> it differently.

That seems reasonable to me.  I don't think we need to mandate that
backwards-compatibility support be removed as soon as it is eligible, but
it can be considered fair game at that point.

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Nathan Bossart
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