Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 11:55 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > > Since this is your idea, would you like to do this, or should I?
> >
> > Go for it.
>
> OK
>
> > I'm not actually convinced this is worth spending time on,
> > as Greg Stark's 1-byte-varlena patch already saved more for typical
> > numerics than this will.
>
> Understood, thats why I left this till last. This will save even more on
> top of those savings. My concern is to make this change now while we
> can, since we will be aiming for 8.3->8.4 to be a binary upgrade.
Would someone please explain why we are considering this so far past
features freeze, and who suggtested that the 8.3->8.4 upgrade being a binary
upgrade was anything more than a pipe dream?
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