Re: protocol change in 7.4

Neil Conway wrote:
> There has been some previous discussion of changing the FE/BE protocol
> in 7.4, in order to fix several problems. I think this is worth doing:
> if we can resolve all these issues in a single release, it will lessen
> the upgrade difficulties for users.

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> 
> If I've missed anything or if there is something you think we should
> add, please let me know.

Is there any thought about changing the protocol to support 
two-phase commit? Not that 2PC and distributed transactions 
would be implemented in 7.4, but to prevent another protocol 
change in the future?

Mike Mascari
mascarm@mascari.com