> Is there a reason ALTER TYPE name ADD VALUE new_enum_value wouldn't Just Work for the first example for 99% of use cases?
I'm sorry, we don't have any examples in the article about adding values to enums, so I don't know to what you are referring here.
> Yes, that's true, but also very rare?
It is rare, indeed, but we just have a strong inclination towards having a clean schema, so we do prefer to clean up things that would otherwise be unused. But I understand that many people would prefer to leave them hanging there, even if they are not going to be used in any way.
I'm sorry, we don't have any examples in the article about adding values to enums, so I don't know to what you are referring here.
> Yes, that's true, but also very rare?
It is rare, indeed, but we just have a strong inclination towards having a clean schema, so we do prefer to clean up things that would otherwise be unused. But I understand that many people would prefer to leave them hanging there, even if they are not going to be used in any way.