Re: macaddr 64 bit (EUI-64) datatype support

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Haribabu Kommi <kommi(dot)haribabu(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: macaddr 64 bit (EUI-64) datatype support
Date: 2016-10-12 06:52:57
Message-ID: CAB7nPqR2oAGTWm66C_16nDGrJ0WGBQCJ15sLXbgHOmm9R4-6Aw@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Haribabu Kommi
<kommi(dot)haribabu(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> As we are moving to PostgreSQL 10, so are there any plans of backward
> compatiblity
> breakage, so the existing macaddr datatype itself can be changed to support
> both
> 48 and 64 bit MAC addresses.

Er, I had thought that we should not use Postgres 10 as a reason for
backward-incompatible breakages, at least not to increase them into a
such amount that upgrading would be a pain.
--
Michael

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