> > So make_date was introduced in 9.4 by commit f901bb50e; this report is > > based on 9.5. Do we want to backpatch this change? Since the fix only > > changes behavior that currently errors out anyway, we would not be > > changing anything that people are relying on. I lean towards > > backpatching all the way back to 9.4 myself. > > I have not a problem with backpatch - there are a user who see current > behave as bug.
In the end, I decided against backpatching. It is not entirely out of the question that somebody *is* depending on this erroring out if negative years are passed. But I am acting on my own opinion only; if there are more votes for a backpatch, I am open to changing it.
If not, we're done here and I'd like to move along.