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

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 think "waiting for months" (i.e. for the next major bug fixes)
> is not the correct answer here. IMHO, the latest released version should be
> known best in all components.

Yea, it is a regression, and yea, we hate when that happens. Let's see
how many people have a problem with it and we can review if we need a
minor release to fix it.

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>
> Best Regards,
> Michael Paesold
>
>
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Michael Fuhr wrote:
> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 09:49:20AM -0600, Michael Fuhr wrote:
> >> > ecpg in 8.0.4 seems not to like the macros. I get the same error,
> >> > but not if I do this:
> >> >
> >> > VARCHAR t[256];
> >> > VARCHAR o[256];
> >> >
> >> > ecpg in 8.1beta3 works either way.
> >>
> >> This appears to be the guilty commit, which was made to 7.4, 8.0,
> >> and HEAD (8.1):
> >>
> >> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-08/msg00266.php
> >>
> >> It was recently fixed in HEAD only:
> >>
> >> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-10/msg00043.php
> >
> > Good catch! I have backpatched these fixes to the 8.0 and 7.4 branches
> > as you suggested, (identical) patches attached.
> >
> > The big problem is that we might not make releases on these branches for
> > months, so anyone needing the fix should download CVS for those
> > branches.
>
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