Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 11:33:22AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I don't think we can do this as presented. Maybe we could do
>> something like constrain the stored value to be only 0 or 1,
>> but how much does that improve matters?
> Well, then the question becomes will we retain useless system columns
> forever?
If the choice is "not break PHP" versus "get rid of a vestigial column",
I know which one is the saner choice. There might be things that are
worth breaking PHP for, but this isn't one.
regards, tom lane