Re: Any reason why the default_with_oids GUC is still there? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 9/20/10 10:59 PM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> On 21/09/10 04:18, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> ... or did we just forget to remove it?
> 
> Backwards-compatibility? ;-) There hasn't been any pressing reason to
> remove it.

Any application which needed it (like OpenACS) just got broken when we
removed add_missing_from.  Let alone the typecasting changes in 8.3.

Personally, I find removing GUCS to be a worthwhile goal in itself.  We
have well over 200 now.

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