On Jun 12, 2024, at 10:47, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What I think would be useful to document is our usual practices e.g. > adding new struct members at the end of structs, trying to avoid > changing public function signatures. If we document promises to > extension authors, I don't know how much difference that will make: > we'll probably end up needing to violate them at some point for one > reason or another. I think that’s fine if there is some sort of notification process. The policy I drafted upthread starts with making sure the such a break is mentioned in the release notes. > But if we document what committers should do, then > we might do better than we're now, because committers will be more > likely to do it right, and extension authors can also read those > instructions to understand what our practices are. Yes, this, thank you! D
