On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 11:45 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> > We support back branches for a long time for a reason.
>
> I think that's really the bottom line here. If we insist on new major
> releases always being bug-compatible with prior releases, our ability to
> improve the software will go to zero. The solution we have opted for
> instead is to support back branches for a long time and to avoid making
> that type of change in a back branch.
>
+1
Joshua D. Drake
> regards, tom lane
>
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