Oleg Bartunov wrote: > Hi there, > > it's clear we need versions, probably, major.minor would be enough. The > problem > I see is how to keep .so in sync with .sql ? Should we store .sql in database > ? > > Also, we need permissions for extension, since we have open/closed > extensions. >
Don't people normally define the version number in the Makefile and pass the version string into the C code and perhaps a psql variable? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Oleg > > On Sat, 11 Dec 2010, David E. Wheeler wrote: > > > On Dec 11, 2010, at 1:09 PM, David Fetter wrote: > > > >>> Why is it in the makefile at all? If the makefile does need to know it, > >>> why don't we have it scrape the number out of the control file? Or even > >>> more to the point, since when do we need version numbers in extensions? > >> > >> We *absolutely* need version numbers in extensions. People will want > >> to have a certain version, or a certain minimum version, etc., etc., > >> etc., just as they do for any other software. > >> > >> Seriously, are you OK? > > > > One of the biggest mistakes in the creation of CPAN was allowing modules > > without extensions. It makes figuring out what to upgrade extremely > > difficult. Learning from that, PGXN requires version numbers for all > > extensions. > > > > Best, > > > > David > > > > > > > > Regards, > Oleg > _____________________________________________________________ > Oleg Bartunov, Research Scientist, Head of AstroNet (www.astronet.ru), > Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia > Internet: o...@sai.msu.su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/ > phone: +007(495)939-16-83, +007(495)939-23-83 > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
