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Re: Extensions, patch v16

David Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>

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From: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-12-10T20:00:09Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Dec 10, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Why would you choose to maintain it in the Makefile?  In most cases
> makefiles are the least likely thing to be changing during a minor
> update.  I would think that the right place for it is in the C code
> (if we're trying to version .so files) or the .sql file, if we're trying
> to version the SQL objects.  In particular, if the only reason the
> makefile needs to know it is to inject it into the control file, it
> seems completely silly to not just maintain it in the control file
> instead.

+1

David