Re: Removal of pg_variable, pg_inheritproc, pg_ipl - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Removal of pg_variable, pg_inheritproc, pg_ipl
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Msg-id 26647.989885774@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Removal of pg_variable, pg_inheritproc, pg_ipl  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> Why did you remove indisclustered?
>>
>> Useless it may be, but gratuitously breaking at least two extant clients
>> doesn't seem like a good idea ...

> I patched the clients also.  Is that a problem?

Yes.  People frequently try to use clients that aren't the same rev
as the server.  There's no good reason to remove this column at all,
and creating a version incompatibility for two major clients seems like
sufficient reason not to.

I recommend reverting that change.

            regards, tom lane

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