"David E. Wheeler" <da...@kineticode.com> writes: > * Prefer convention over configuration
The previous idea about the convention is not flying well with the very recent proposal of ALTER EXTENSION ... UPGRADE TO VERSION ..., because it would certainly require that the extension's name include its major version number, like debian is doing for a number of packages. Also, how are PostGIS 1.4 and 1.5 (and 2.0) packaged nowadays? > * Not make me do more work that the computer can do No computer will guess reliably which upgrade file to apply given the currently installed version and the newer one, as soon as the same file can get used for more than a single combination of those two strings. I much prefer to avoid shipping that many files, and thinks that even in the worst case where you have to add a setup line per supported upgrade setup, the control file support for that is better. Now I perfectly understand that there's more to this world than my eyes can see, that's why we're talking about alternatives. Regards, -- Dimitri Fontaine http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
