Re: replace oidrand() with random_sample()

Tom Lane wrote:
> > Whether we leave it in or not, I'd vote for eventually getting rid of
> > the current version. So if we keep it, we could add random_sample() and
> > keep oidrand() as a wrapper over it (that emits an elog(WARNING) to let
> > people know it's been deprecated). And if we want to get rid of it, we
> > could probably just add the elog() for 7.4 and then remove it outright
> > in 7.5.
>
> Well, now you're adding a whole lot of maintenance effort to support
> some quite-hypothetical users of a function we all agree is junk ;-)
>
> I think we should either leave it be, or rip it out and be done with it.
> I don't actually much care which (does anyone out there have an
> opinion?). But a phased-obsolescence plan is far more work than it
> deserves.

Yea, just remove it and we can re-add it later if people ask for it.

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