On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner <ste...@kaltenbrunner.cc> wrote: >> I think it just depends on whether we're likely to get releases from >> Linux vendors that include PG 9.0 but not the updated drivers. I'm >> not sure their schedule will be affected by whether we call it 8.5 or >> 9.0. > > that's a fair point (like I expect debian to provide 9.0 as a backport) > though the packages could just change the default for that backport. > The precedence for that is standard_conforming_strings which we now have > for a while(since 8.2 iirc) - though I don't think we have a firm plan > on when we are actually going to turn it on... > Not sure if we really need to wait 4 major releases to allow driver > developers to adapt... > So one idea would be to turn it off for 9.1 and enable that and scs for > 9.1 and try to get driver developers attention early in the release cycle.
I think we previously discussed flipping standard_conforming_strings at the beginning of the 9.1 cycle, and I'm still OK with that. Not sure it bears on the present issue, though. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise Postgres Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
