On 11/30/21 17:26, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn@amazon.com> writes:
>> It looks like the exclusive way has been marked deprecated in all
>> supported versions along with a note that it will eventually be
>> removed. If it's not going to be removed out of fear of breaking
>> backward compatibility, I think the documentation should be updated to
>> say that. However, unless there is something that is preventing users
>> from switching to the non-exclusive approach, I think it is reasonable
>> to begin thinking about removing it.
> If we're willing to outright remove it, I don't have any great objection.
> My original two cents was that we shouldn't put effort into improving it;
> but removing it isn't that.
>
>
+1
Let's just remove it. We already know it's a footgun, and there's been
plenty of warning.
cheers
andrew
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