| From: | Jaime Casanova <jaime(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Let's drop two obsolete features which are bear-traps for novices |
| Date: | 2014-11-02 15:01:46 |
| Message-ID: | CAJKUy5hoD-xVe0Szqhts7E47MutzhgXQes9JccN2rzo65MsVUg@mail.gmail.com |
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El nov 2, 2014 7:54 AM, "Andres Freund" <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> escribió:
>
> On 2014-11-01 16:59:35 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > While there's argument about hash indexes, it looks like nobody minds if
> > the MONEY type goes bye-bye. So, time for a patch ...
>
> FWIW there have been somewhat recent patches for money and it was
> undeprecated not too long ago. So apparently there's users for it out
> there. I personally would never use money, but I doubt the gain is worth
> the cost of breaking existing setups without a warning period.
>
Not knowing how difficult it could be maybe a fair compromise is to move
MONEY datatype to a contrib. And documenting its limitations.
--
Jaime Casanova
2ndQuadrant Consultant
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services
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