Re: CURRENT_DATE and CURRENT_TIME are broken

> We have three choices:
>
> 1. Change these pg_proc entries. This does not force an initdb,
> exactly, but it won't take effect without one either.
>
> 2. Change the function calls emitted by the parser for
> CURRENT_DATE/TIME. This doesn't force an initdb either, but it's a
> workaround whereas #1 actually fixes the real bug. (Although #2 might
> appear to break stored rules in beta databases, any such rules are
> already broken because they've already been reduced to constants...)
>
> 3. Ship 7.1 with broken CURRENT_DATE/TIME functionality.
>
> I tend to favor #1, but need agreement to change it. Comments?
> If we do #1, should we bump catversion.h, or leave it alone?
> (I'd vote for not changing catversion, I think.)

I vote for anything but #2, and agree catversion should not be changed.

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