Re: LOCK for non-tables

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>>> I think we should have a section in the release notes on Deprecated
>>> Features, noting that certain things will be removed later and should be
>>> changed now and not relied upon in the future. A pending
>>> incompatibilities list.
>
>> Agreed.  Of course, the problem is sometimes we don't do what we say
>> we're going to do, but it's worth a try.
>
> I think if we had a formal list of planned removals, it'd be more likely
> that they'd actually happen.  Right now there's no process at all
> driving such things forward.

OK.

> I suggest also marking each item with a release in which we intend to do
> it, so we don't have to try to remember whether a reasonable amount of
> time has elapsed.

You mean like the way the 9.1devel documentation says that
contrib/xml2 will be removed in 8.4?  I wonder if we'll do anything
either about deprecating the module or about changing the
documentation before 8.4 is EOL.

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