On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 8:21 PM Bertrand Drouvot
<bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 07:55:51PM +0530, Amit Kapila wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 5:05 PM Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
> > > I'm not entirely sure I understand the difference - just whether we add one
> > > new column or replace the existing 'conflicting' column? I can see arguments
> > > for either.
> > >
> >
> > Agreed. I think the argument against replacing the existing
> > 'conflicting' column is that there is a chance that it is being used
> > by some monitoring script which I guess shouldn't be a big deal to
> > change. So, if we don't see that as a problem, I would prefer to have
> > a single column with conflict reason where one of its values indicates
> > there is no conflict.
>
> +1
>
Does anyone else have a preference on whether to change the existing
column or add a new one?
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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.