Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] [BUGS] BUG #1962: ECPG and VARCHAR

2005-10-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
C Wegrzyn wrote: > First, let me thank you for the effort you have been putting into the > Postgresql development. It is a great system. It performs well and with > the exception of a few little annoyances is a great competitor to Mysql > or Oracle! > > This particular bug isn't a show stopper; I

Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] [BUGS] BUG #1962: ECPG and VARCHAR

2005-10-14 Thread C Wegrzyn
First, let me thank you for the effort you have been putting into the Postgresql development. It is a great system. It performs well and with the exception of a few little annoyances is a great competitor to Mysql or Oracle! This particular bug isn't a show stopper; I could have easily found a way

Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] [BUGS] BUG #1962: ECPG and VARCHAR

2005-10-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
Michael Paesold wrote: > [moved to hackers] > > Is this a regression in the stable branches? If so, shouldn't we do a new > release rather immediately? What do others think about this situation? > > Can you remember regressions in stable branches in the past? How were those > it handled? I thin

Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] [BUGS] BUG #1962: ECPG and VARCHAR

2005-10-13 Thread Michael Paesold
Tom Lane wrote: "Michael Paesold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Can you remember regressions in stable branches in the past? Yes. Relax. If this were a data-corruption-in-the-backend issue, I might feel that it mandates an immediate re-release. But it isn't and it doesn't. You'll note that M

Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] [BUGS] BUG #1962: ECPG and VARCHAR

2005-10-13 Thread Tom Lane
"Michael Paesold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can you remember regressions in stable branches in the past? Yes. Relax. If this were a data-corruption-in-the-backend issue, I might feel that it mandates an immediate re-release. But it isn't and it doesn't. You'll note that Michael M. himself

Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] [BUGS] BUG #1962: ECPG and VARCHAR

2005-10-13 Thread Michael Paesold
[moved to hackers] Is this a regression in the stable branches? If so, shouldn't we do a new release rather immediately? What do others think about this situation? Can you remember regressions in stable branches in the past? How were those it handled? I think "waiting for months" (i.e. for th