Re: New pg_lsn type doesn't have hash/btree opclasses

On 2014-05-10 19:19:22 -0300, Fabrízio de Royes Mello wrote:
> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> >
> > Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > > I don't even understand why it's questionable whether this should be
> > > fixed.
> >
> > Sigh.  We have some debate isomorphic to this one every year, it seems
> > like.  The argument why it shouldn't be fixed now is: ITS. TOO. LATE.
> > Which part of that isn't clear to you?
> >
>
> Sorry but I don't understand why it's too late. The 9.4 branch not been
> created yet.

The problem is that once the beta is in progress (starting tomorrow),
the projects tries to avoid changes which require a dump and restore (or
pg_upgrade). Since the patch changes the catalog it'd require that.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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