Re: pltlc and pltlcu problems

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Brent Verner <brent(at)rcfile(dot)org>, Murray Prior Hobbs <murray(at)efone(dot)com>, Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pltlc and pltlcu problems
Date: 2002-01-20 22:17:57
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0201201709400.712-100000@peter.localdomain
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Tom Lane writes:

> I'm still quite nervous about making these changes so late in the cycle.
> OTOH I suspect Andreas was right: we haven't been getting any pltcl
> portability testing from our beta testers.

This logic can also be reversed: We haven't been getting any beta testing
from users of Red Hat 7.1.

> If it's broken now, we can hardly make it worse.

You can surely make things a lot worse for those that are using other
operating systems. I certainly don't agree with making changes just
because Red Hat blew it.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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