Re: pg_class.relistemp

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_class.relistemp
Date: 2011-07-14 20:10:53
Message-ID: B9D780B2-7B67-4E2C-A5C6-07DAD1AE0938@kineticode.com
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On Jul 14, 2011, at 12:19 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

>> Are they not testing our 9.1 betas?
>
> There has never, ever, been a guarantee that the system catalogs don't
> change across versions. Anybody issuing such queries should expect to
> have to retest them and possibly change them in each new major release.
> I see nothing to sweat about here.

A deprecation cycle at least might be useful.

Best,

David

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