Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew - Supernews <andrew+nonews@supernews.com> writes:
>
>> Userlock needs to go into core, not get removed; this was discussed in a
>> previous "let's clean up contrib/" thread.
>>
>
> Something like it ought to go into core, but personally I'd opt for
> taking the opportunity to redesign the API, which was a bit crufty to
> begin with. That would eliminate all question of whether the clean room
> was clean enough.
>
>
>

It seems odd to remove the module from contrib for 8.2 and then put a
replacement in core for 8.3. I guess we could signal our intentions in
the release notes.

It's a pity we didn't have Abhijit's patch 6 weeks ago.

cheers

andrew


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