Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I'm very surprised that this was back-patched. I think we should
> revert it from the back-branches before it gets into a minor release.
> It seems like a clear definitional change, which has no business in a
> minor release.
I was troubled by that too. Maybe this can be painted as a bug fix
but it seems very questionable --- and even if it is, is it worth
the risk of unexpected side-effects? I'd rather see something that
touches wire-protocol behavior go through a normal beta test cycle.
regards, tom lane