On Mon, 2013-10-07 at 22:00 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > The code has been sitting in HEAD for several months, and I > committed on the back branches because it was wanted.
New features normally go through a full development cycle including extensive beta testing, especially when they contain changes to external interfaces. The fact that the patch author wanted his feature released immediately (of course) doesn't warrant a free pass in this case, IMO. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers