From: Peter Eisentraut on
On ons, 2010-07-14 at 10:48 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Josh Berkus <josh(a)agliodbs.com> wrote:
> >> An actual plan here might look like "let's flip it before 9.1alpha1
> >> so we can get some alpha testing cycles on it" ...
> >
> > "Hey, let's flip it in 9.1 CF 1, so that we can have some alpha testing
> > cycles on it."
>
> Should we do this? Patch attached.

I think there are two ways we can do this, seeing that most appear to be
in favor of doing it in the first place: Either we just flip the
default, make a note in the release notes, and see what happens. Or we
spend some time now and make, say, a list of driver versions and
application versions that work with standard_conforming_strings = on,
and then decide based on that, and also make that list a public resource
for packagers etc.


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From: "David E. Wheeler" on
On Jul 18, 2010, at 1:35 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> I think there are two ways we can do this, seeing that most appear to be
> in favor of doing it in the first place: Either we just flip the
> default, make a note in the release notes, and see what happens. Or we
> spend some time now and make, say, a list of driver versions and
> application versions that work with standard_conforming_strings = on,
> and then decide based on that, and also make that list a public resource
> for packagers etc.

Do both. Turn them on, then make a list and inform driver maintainers who need to update. They've got a year, after all.

Best,

David



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From: Tom Lane on
"David E. Wheeler" <david(a)kineticode.com> writes:
> On Jul 18, 2010, at 1:35 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> I think there are two ways we can do this, seeing that most appear to be
>> in favor of doing it in the first place: Either we just flip the
>> default, make a note in the release notes, and see what happens. Or we
>> spend some time now and make, say, a list of driver versions and
>> application versions that work with standard_conforming_strings = on,
>> and then decide based on that, and also make that list a public resource
>> for packagers etc.

> Do both. Turn them on, then make a list and inform driver maintainers who need to update. They've got a year, after all.

Yeah. If we wait for driver authors to do something, we'll never make
this change at all. The idea of committing it now is to give them a
shove, *and* enough time to respond.

regards, tom lane

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From: Peter Eisentraut on
On sön, 2010-07-18 at 09:42 -0700, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On Jul 18, 2010, at 1:35 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> > I think there are two ways we can do this, seeing that most appear to be
> > in favor of doing it in the first place: Either we just flip the
> > default, make a note in the release notes, and see what happens. Or we
> > spend some time now and make, say, a list of driver versions and
> > application versions that work with standard_conforming_strings = on,
> > and then decide based on that, and also make that list a public resource
> > for packagers etc.
>
> Do both. Turn them on, then make a list and inform driver maintainers who need to update. They've got a year, after all.

Here we go then:
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Standard_conforming_strings



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From: Robert Haas on
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(a)gmx.net> wrote:
> On s�n, 2010-07-18 at 09:42 -0700, David E. Wheeler wrote:
>> On Jul 18, 2010, at 1:35 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>>
>> > I think there are two ways we can do this, seeing that most appear to be
>> > in favor of doing it in the first place: �Either we just flip the
>> > default, make a note in the release notes, and see what happens. �Or we
>> > spend some time now and make, say, a list of driver versions and
>> > application versions that work with standard_conforming_strings = on,
>> > and then decide based on that, and also make that list a public resource
>> > for packagers etc.
>>
>> Do both. Turn them on, then make a list and inform driver maintainers who need to update. They've got a year, after all.
>
> Here we go then:
> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Standard_conforming_strings

Looks like a good start. We might want to make an "open items for
9.1" page and, as a first such open item, add a link to this page.

Since it seems we have consensus, I will commit the patch.

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