Re: macaddr 64 bit (EUI-64) datatype support - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: macaddr 64 bit (EUI-64) datatype support
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Msg-id CAB7nPqR2oAGTWm66C_16nDGrJ0WGBQCJ15sLXbgHOmm9R4-6Aw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to macaddr 64 bit (EUI-64) datatype support  (Haribabu Kommi <kommi.haribabu@gmail.com>)
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On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Haribabu Kommi
<kommi.haribabu@gmail.com> wrote:
> As we are moving to PostgreSQL 10, so are there any plans of backward
> compatiblity
> breakage, so the existing macaddr datatype itself can be changed to support
> both
> 48 and 64 bit MAC addresses.

Er, I had thought that we should not use Postgres 10 as a reason for
backward-incompatible breakages, at least not to increase them into a
such amount that upgrading would be a pain.
-- 
Michael



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