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Re: ALTER EXTENSION UPGRADE, v3

Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndquadrant.fr>

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From: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>
To: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndquadrant.fr>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-02-10T21:35:20Z
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"David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes:
> Yes, I think that this is a great solution. I only have to create on
> upgrade script for each release, and I don't have to worry about
> concatenating anything or be required to change my versioning
> algorithm.

You still have to make sure that the C code remains compatible with any
intermediate release, for the whole life of your extension.  But I agree
that it's way better than what we had before.

Regards,
-- 
Dimitri Fontaine
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