| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Marko Tiikkaja <marko(at)joh(dot)to>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: xpath changes in the recent back branches |
| Date: | 2015-03-04 16:26:57 |
| Message-ID: | 17500.1425486417@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 5:53 AM, Marko Tiikkaja <marko(at)joh(dot)to> wrote:
>> I'm not sure how changing behavior like this in a minor release was
>> considered acceptable.
> I'm guessing that the fact that it changes behavior in cases like this
> wasn't recognized, but I suppose Peter will have to be the one to
> comment on that.
It was considered to be a bug fix; more, given the few complaints about
the clearly-broken old behavior, we thought it was a fix that would affect
few people, and them positively. Sorry you're not happy about it, but
these things are always judgment calls.
regards, tom lane
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