On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Josh Berkus wrote: > (D) Requires a series of ordered upgrade scripts in sortable version > numbering, each of which gets applied in order between the two versions. > This initially seems like the most attractive option -- and is the one > used by dozens of popular open source web applications -- but has some > major roadblocks for us. First, it requires module authors to subscribe > to a uniform sortable versions scheme (which isn't a bad thing, the > users would certainly appreciate it, and PGXN is liable to enforce this > anyway).
PGXN does enforce Semantic Versions (http://semver.org/), but extensions wont' be limited to PGXN, of course. Might be a lot of stuff developed for internal use in organizations, and they surely won't use the same version numbers. Agreed with your summary, well put. Best, David -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
