Re: plperl db access documentation enhancement

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
Cc: Alexey Klyukin <alexk@commandprompt.com>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Hackers" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-02-05T20:29:45Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 
> > Patch applied for 9.0.  We don't normally backpatch such documentation
> > improvements unless we receive multiple reports of confusion.
> 
> I think that's a mistake in this case.  The documentation wasn't
> confusing -- it was bogus.  (Actually, the bug fixing is a smaller
> change than the whole of this patch, so we could provide the smaller
> patch if desired to apply to 8.4.  To be honest I think it is better to
> just apply the larger patch verbatim.)
> 
> I could do the backpatch if you want.  I just wanted some more peer
> review on the changes.

Sure, go ahead if you are sure. I wasn't clear enough to risk it, and
documentation churn in back branches has its own downsides, which is why
I avoid it, especially for larger patches.

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