Re: libpq API incompatibility between 7.4 and 8.0

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Martin Pitt <mpitt(at)debian(dot)org>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: libpq API incompatibility between 7.4 and 8.0
Date: 2005-02-03 16:12:16
Message-ID: 16567.1107447136@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Martin Pitt <mpitt(at)debian(dot)org> writes:
>> I am thinking the easiest solution will be to re-add get_progname() to
>> 8.0.X and bump the major for 8.1.

> Seconded. Then we don't need another library version, and it is still
> not necessary to drag this get_progname accident forever.

We're going to stop dragging the accident now, not a year from now.

Putting get_progname back into libpq would require re-adding all of
path.c, which creates many more issues than just adjusting
SO_MAJOR_VERSION would do.

regards, tom lane

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