| From: | Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | "Tsunakawa, Takayuki" <tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Question and suggestion about application binary compatibility policy |
| Date: | 2016-06-01 13:44:54 |
| Message-ID: | 1464788694.21529.27.camel@postgresql.org |
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> However, the problem I pointed out is that when the new library is
> incompatible with the older one, say the major version of libpq.dll
> changes from 5 to 6, the application user and/or developer cannot
> notice the incompatibility immediately and easily. On Unix/Linux,
> the application fails to start because the older library is not
> found. On the other hand, the application will start on Windows and
> probably cause difficult trouble due to the incompatibility.
I don't think this is a very good situation, but I have no idea if this
can be solved. However, I'd prefer a technical solution over a
documentation one.
Michael
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