>>>>> "David" == "David E Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes:
>> The other option would be to fix the wasted-space bug in the>> existing hstore, and document that stored data must
beupdated at>> least once subsequent to that fix before doing a binary migrate to>> 8.5.
[...]
David> Could it be that only folks with such a manifestation of theDavid> bug would need to do a binary upgrade? If so,
IcertainlyDavid> think it'd be worth it to fix the bug.
Let's go through the options.
A) - don't fix the wasted-space bug (or don't rely on it, anyway) - change the new format to be more
distinguishableResult: - seamless binary upgrade for contrib/hstore users - users of unreleased CVS hstore-new
willhave to ensure all values are updated after installing a release version and before doing a binary
upgradeto 8.5
B) - fix the wasted-space bug - leave the new format as-is Result: - seamless binary upgrade for hstore-new
users - contrib/ users will have to remove wasted space from at least any hstore with a zero-length key before
doinga binary upgrade
To me (A) is looking like the obvious choice (the people smart enough
to be using hstore-new from CVS already can handle the minor pain of
updating the on-disk format).
Unless I hear any objections I will proceed accordingly...
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Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)