Re: Release notes on "reserved OIDs"

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Release notes on "reserved OIDs"
Date: 2019-08-30 15:34:24
Message-ID: 20190830153424.GA3324@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2019-Aug-30, Tom Lane wrote:

> <listitem>
> <!--
> Author: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
> 2018-12-13 [09568ec3d] Create a separate oid range for oids assigned by genbki.
> -->
>
> <para>
> Reserve a range of OIDs (9000-9999) to be used for external
> extensions (Andres Freund)
> </para>
> </listitem>
>
> This seems more or less completely misleading.

Hmm. I wonder if this item really belongs in the release notes at all.
My view is that this was interim policy, not necessarily a permanent
thing; and it's oriented strictly towards PG developers rather than end
users or even fork-developers.

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Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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