On 2019-Aug-30, Tom Lane wrote:
> <listitem>
> <!--
> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
> 2018-12-13 [09568ec3d] Create a separate oid range for oids assigned by genbki.
> -->
>
> <para>
> Reserve a range of OIDs (9000-9999) to be used for external
> extensions (Andres Freund)
> </para>
> </listitem>
>
> This seems more or less completely misleading.
Hmm. I wonder if this item really belongs in the release notes at all.
My view is that this was interim policy, not necessarily a permanent
thing; and it's oriented strictly towards PG developers rather than end
users or even fork-developers.
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