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[HACKERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make psql's \set display variables inalphabetical order.

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David Fetter
Дата:
On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 04:25:25PM +0000, Tom Lane wrote:
> Make psql's \set display variables in alphabetical order.

This is a substantial usability improvement which nevertheless is hard
to imagine changes things that scripts relied on. I think it's worth
back-patching.

Best,
David.
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Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make psql's \set display variables in alphabetical order.

От
Tom Lane
Дата:
David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 04:25:25PM +0000, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Make psql's \set display variables in alphabetical order.

> This is a substantial usability improvement which nevertheless is hard
> to imagine changes things that scripts relied on. I think it's worth
> back-patching.

I'm not that excited about it personally, but I agree it would be unlikely
to break anything.  Other votes?
        regards, tom lane



Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make psql's \set display variablesin alphabetical order.

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Andres Freund
Дата:
On 2017-02-01 12:59:36 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> > On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 04:25:25PM +0000, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Make psql's \set display variables in alphabetical order.
> 
> > This is a substantial usability improvement which nevertheless is hard
> > to imagine changes things that scripts relied on. I think it's worth
> > back-patching.
> 
> I'm not that excited about it personally, but I agree it would be unlikely
> to break anything.  Other votes?

-0.5 - I see very little reason to backpatch this over dozes of other
changes.

- Andres



Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make psql's \set display variablesin alphabetical order.

От
Robert Haas
Дата:
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 1:08 PM, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
> On 2017-02-01 12:59:36 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
>> > On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 04:25:25PM +0000, Tom Lane wrote:
>> >> Make psql's \set display variables in alphabetical order.
>>
>> > This is a substantial usability improvement which nevertheless is hard
>> > to imagine changes things that scripts relied on. I think it's worth
>> > back-patching.
>>
>> I'm not that excited about it personally, but I agree it would be unlikely
>> to break anything.  Other votes?
>
> -0.5 - I see very little reason to backpatch this over dozes of other
> changes.

I'll vote -1. I don't think this is a bug fix.

-- 
Robert Haas
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Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make psql's \set display variablesin alphabetical order.

От
David Fetter
Дата:
On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 04:38:59PM -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 1:08 PM, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
> > On 2017-02-01 12:59:36 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> >> > On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 04:25:25PM +0000, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> >> Make psql's \set display variables in alphabetical order.
> >>
> >> > This is a substantial usability improvement which nevertheless is hard
> >> > to imagine changes things that scripts relied on. I think it's worth
> >> > back-patching.
> >>
> >> I'm not that excited about it personally, but I agree it would be unlikely
> >> to break anything.  Other votes?
> >
> > -0.5 - I see very little reason to backpatch this over dozes of other
> > changes.
> 
> I'll vote -1. I don't think this is a bug fix.

I withdraw my suggestion.

Best,
David.
-- 
David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> http://fetter.org/
Phone: +1 415 235 3778  AIM: dfetter666  Yahoo!: dfetter
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