Re: Extension upgrade, patch v0: debug help needed

Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndquadrant.fr>

From: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>
To: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
Cc: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-01-03T19:49:44Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
"David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes:
> I rather doubt that "WRAPPER" will be accepted as a reserved word in the grammar.

It's already in the grammar, and I didn't change its "level".

>> dim=# create wrapper extension lo;
>> CREATE EXTENSION
>
> What happened to your UPGRADE from NULL idea?

You upgrade an installed extension, right?

>> The WRAPPER keyword meaning is that we're only creating the catalog
>> entry, forcing version to NULL and not running the extension's script.
>> This keyword looked like the best choice from existing ones in our
>> grammar, please feel free to pick any other phrase here.
>
> I don't see why it's necessary at all.

Care to offer an alternative or go in any level of details about what
you have in mind and how *exactly* you think it should work?  I've not
been offered psychic powers this Christmas, sorry…

Regards,
-- 
Dimitri Fontaine
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