Josh Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> writes:
> On 9/20/10 10:59 PM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> 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.
Huh? There's no reason to assume that those features are connected.
> Personally, I find removing GUCS to be a worthwhile goal in itself. We
> have well over 200 now.
Usually we don't remove GUCs (or other backwards-compatibility features)
until there's some positive reason to do so. I don't see one at the
moment for default_with_oids. Reducing the length of the GUC list by
0.5% doesn't seem like an adequate reason for possibly breaking old apps.
Mind you, it wouldn't take a *big* reason to persuade me to remove it.
But bigger than that.
regards, tom lane
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