Re: plperl db access documentation enhancement

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Alexey Klyukin <alexk@commandprompt.com>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Hackers" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-03-11T22:05:05Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 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.

Just applied it.

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