Re: [HACKERS] Patching dblink.c to avoid warning about

Tom Lane wrote:
> David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
>
>>On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:38:54PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>
>>>I don't know if people want this for 8.1 or 8.2.
>
>>8.1, IMHO.  It's a bug fix. :)
>
> Not unless Joe Conway signs off on it ...
>

I had asked on the original simple patch, and I'll ask again now -- why
is this needed? I don't have a clear understanding of the problem that
this (or the earlier) patch is trying to solve. Without that, it is
impossible to say whether it is a bug fix or feature.

Joe