On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 02:02:02PM -0400, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
> As related anecdote, the rename of columns in pg_stat_activity a few
> years back caused some pg_upgrade pain, which IMO was understandable;
> it's reasonable to call that kind of thing out as a possible
> incompatibility, at least IMO.
>
> > The "Migration" section also doesn't list changes to the exported
> > PostgreSQL functins, which has bitten me as extension developer several
> > times.
>
> Hmm.
I have thought about such issues, and I feel there are so many items
that would be interesting to extension developers that adding just a few
to the release notes would not be very helpful, and if we add all of
them it would be distracting for the majority of users. It might be
helpful for someone to write a wiki page specifically for that audience.
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