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Re: ISN was: Core Extensions relocation

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>

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From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Peter Geoghegan <peter@2ndquadrant.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-11-17T05:03:56Z
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  1. Updates to contrib/isn ISBN tables.

  2. Add a "LIKE = typename" clause to CREATE TYPE for base types. This allows

On 11/16/11 7:54 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Heck, we don't even have a field bug report that the design limitation
> is causing any real problems for real users ... so IMO, the claims that
> this is dangerously broken are a bit overblown.

This is why I mentioned clients using ISBN in production.  I have yet to
see any actual breakage in the field.  Granted, both clients are
US-only.   I don't believe either of these clients is depending on the
prefix-check, and that's the sort of thing we could announce in the
release notes.

I do get the feeling that Peter got burned by ISN, given his vehemence
in erasing it from the face of the earth.  So that's one bug report.  ;-)

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Josh Berkus
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