| From: | Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Jakub Wartak <jakub(dot)wartak(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Better HINT message for "unexpected data beyond EOF" |
| Date: | 2025-04-01 13:54:49 |
| Message-ID: | Z-vwKRcOKV93We_k@msg.df7cb.de |
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Re: Robert Haas
> > Another question is should we back-patch this? I believe we should (?)
>
> I don't think this qualifies as a bug. The current wording isn't
> factually wrong, just unhelpful. Even if it were wrong, we need a
> pretty good reason to change message strings in a stable branch,
> because that can break things for users who are grepping for the
> current string (or a translation thereof). If an overwhelming
> consensus in favor of back-patching emerges, fine, but my gut feeling
> is that back-patching will make more people sad than it makes happy.
It's only the HINT part. If I were to grep/search for the message, I
would definitely use the message part.
Christoph
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