Re: Timeline ID hexadecimal format

On 30.01.23 17:05, Sébastien Lardière wrote:
>
> Here's the patch with the suggested format ; plus, I add some note in
> the documentation about recovery_target_timeline, because I don't get
> how strtoul(), with the special 0 base parameter can work without 0x
> prefix ; I suppose that nobody use it.
>
> I also change pg_controldata and the usage of this output by pg_upgrade.
> I let internal usages unchanded : content of backup manifest and content
> of history file.
>
> Should I open a commitfest entry, or is it too soon ?

It is not too soon. (The next commitfest is open for new patch
submissions as soon as the current one is "in progress", which closes it
for new patches.)