On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 23:11, Robert Haas<robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Tom Lane<tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> This is not likely to matter to human readers but it might to programs.
>> OTOH we presumably expect programs to migrate to using a more
>> program-friendly EXPLAIN output format with 8.5.
>>
>> Does anyone have strong feelings about whether we need to be
>> bug-compatible with the old formatting?
>
> I kind of doubt it. Based on previous discussions, I gather that
> PGadmin et al have to be adjusted for each release anyway. But I also
> don't think it's a big deal if we make it work the way it used to.
They do. Though for now, the old pgadmin still works (AFAIK) against
HEAD. But that's usually just a matter of time anyway, and it's not
something that's officially supported, AFAIK.
-- Magnus HaganderSelf: http://www.hagander.net/Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
