Re: Extensions, patch v16

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
Cc: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-12-10T19:42:24Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
"David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes:
> On Dec 10, 2010, at 11:28 AM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
>> Upgrade are left for a future patch, did we decide. Still, it seems to
>> me that we will support some upgrade scripts so that author can decide
>> what to do knowing current and next version, and yes, knowing that the
>> module has already been taken care of by the OS-level packaging.

> Yeah, this will be needed ASAP.

I don't mind if we don't have an implementation of upgrade cases in
hand.  But we had better have a design in hand, to make sure what we're
doing now doesn't foreclose upgrade cases.

			regards, tom lane