Re: PG 9.0 and standard_conforming_strings

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 13:20, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg@turnstep.com> wrote:
>> Perl (DBD::Pg anyway) has been compatible since May 2008.
>
> I would interpret that to mean that there is a significant possibility
> that a too-old DBD::Pg could get used with a new PostgreSQL, and
> therefore we shouldn't change anything for 9.0.  May 2008 is not that
> long ago, especially for people running systems like RHEL with
> five-year major release cycles.

I fall into this camp with a few machines still running standard RHEL
4 which I believe has DBD::Pg 1.32 installed. We do keep up to date
with PostgreSQL but the machines connecting to it include everything
from brand new web servers through to ancient machines in accounting
running reports.

As much as I would like GUCs to disappear I think this one should
proceed cautiously and probably be a 9.1 or even 9.2 item.