On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 07:27:11AM -0700, Joe Conway wrote: > On 03/16/2017 06:19 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 4:48 AM, Craig Ringer <cr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > >> So I'm in favour of fixing the docs but I'm not keen on changing the > >> SQL syntax in a way that just kind of papers over part of the > >> problems. > > > > I agree. I think that trying to design new SQL syntax at this point > > is unlikely to be a good idea - we're just about out of time here, and > > some people who might care about this are busy on other things, and > > the deadline for patches that do new things has long since passed. > > But I like the idea of trying to improve the documentation.
Seems like a good direction. > Agreed. I think the documentation fixes definitely should be done, but > understand that the grammar is a longer term issue with backward > compatibility implications. Acknowledging the problem is the first step ;-) Most of the user-visible (including doc/) proposed changes alter material predating v10. Therefore, I've removed this from open item status. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
