Re: plperl db access documentation enhancement

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Alexey Klyukin <alexk(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: plperl db access documentation enhancement
Date: 2010-03-11 22:05:05
Message-ID: 20100311220505.GD3512@alvh.no-ip.org
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >
> > > Patch applied for 9.0. We don't normally backpatch such documentation
> > > improvements unless we receive multiple reports of confusion.
> >
> > I think that's a mistake in this case. The documentation wasn't
> > confusing -- it was bogus. (Actually, the bug fixing is a smaller
> > change than the whole of this patch, so we could provide the smaller
> > patch if desired to apply to 8.4. To be honest I think it is better to
> > just apply the larger patch verbatim.)
> >
> > I could do the backpatch if you want. I just wanted some more peer
> > review on the changes.
>
> Sure, go ahead if you are sure. I wasn't clear enough to risk it, and
> documentation churn in back branches has its own downsides, which is why
> I avoid it, especially for larger patches.

Just applied it.

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