Re: API stability [was: pgsql: Fix possible recovery trouble if TRUNCATE overlaps a checkpoint.]

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Markus Wanner <markus(dot)wanner(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: API stability [was: pgsql: Fix possible recovery trouble if TRUNCATE overlaps a checkpoint.]
Date: 2022-04-05 14:32:06
Message-ID: 2360280.1649169126@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 10:17 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Renaming it would constitute an API break, which is if anything worse
>> than an ABI break.

> I don't think so, because an API break will cause a compilation
> failure, which an extension author can easily fix.

My point is that we want that to happen in HEAD, but it's not okay
for it to happen in a minor release of a stable branch.

regards, tom lane

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