Re: On a somewhat disappointing correspondence

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> We are not very good at _removing_ functionality/GUCs, and based on the
> discussion so far, I think there is a very slim chance we would get it
> right for 9.0, which is why I suggested converting it to a boolean and
> revisiting this for 9.1.
>   

There's some feedback you can only get by exposing a complicated feature 
to the users and seeing what they make of it.  This one hasn't even had 
a full week to gather beta user reports.  Given that it's easy to 
disable (just limiting the range on what is effectively a 3-way switch 
to two positions), I don't understand why you're pushing at this point 
for its removal.  You could be encouraging testing instead, which I 
believe is needed to know exactly what the right thing to do in 9.1 is.

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