[postgis-devel] Function Removal

[Paul Ramsey]

> On Dec 16, 2020, at 12:22 PM, Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us> wrote:
> 
>>> 
>>> This is for 3.2 (master) right, you aren't attempting this after we
>>> called
>>> RC1 right?
>> 
>> Yes, this is the joy of having an open master. Let your creativity run
> free.
>> 
>>> The solution (though it may have changed with strk's voodoo) is, you
>>> add the drop statement in postgis_before_upgrade.sql
>> 
>> OK, have done that. Will see what nasty things happen.
>> 
>> P
>> 
>>> 
> 
> Okay my debugging brain came up with the nasty thing of if someone has a
> view that relies on the old signature then they can't upgrade because the
> before drop will fail.
> 
> We never came up with the wonderful magic that would run a  DROP AND CREATE
> OR REPLACE view for them.

Yeah, I'd happily just leave those old signatures there, but unfortunately their existence makes the new signature impossible.
Maybe just keep on risk managing this?

P



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