Re: CURRENT_DATE and CURRENT_TIME are broken

> We have three choices:
> 
> 1. Change these pg_proc entries.  This does not force an initdb,
> exactly, but it won't take effect without one either.
> 
> 2. Change the function calls emitted by the parser for
> CURRENT_DATE/TIME.  This doesn't force an initdb either, but it's a
> workaround whereas #1 actually fixes the real bug.  (Although #2 might
> appear to break stored rules in beta databases, any such rules are
> already broken because they've already been reduced to constants...)
> 
> 3. Ship 7.1 with broken CURRENT_DATE/TIME functionality.
> 
> I tend to favor #1, but need agreement to change it.  Comments?
> If we do #1, should we bump catversion.h, or leave it alone?
> (I'd vote for not changing catversion, I think.)

I vote for anything but #2, and agree catversion should not be changed.

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