| From: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | Satoshi Nagayasu <nagayasus(at)nttdata(dot)co(dot)jp> |
| Cc: | Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>, "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Thomas Hallgren <thomas(at)tada(dot)se>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Three weeks left until feature freeze |
| Date: | 2006-07-14 01:16:30 |
| Message-ID: | 20060713221126.T957@ganymede.hub.org |
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On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Satoshi Nagayasu wrote:
> However, several extensions, such as pl/java, strongly depend on the
> backend internal functions and arguments. If they are suddenly changed,
> the extension XX couldn't be compiled anymore, and the users will waste
> their time.
There are several flaws to this ...
First and foremost, it assumes that those 'users' aren't going to make
sure that the version of pl/java they are trying to install has the
version of postgresql they are running listed as being compatible ...
Second, its assuming that Thomas, or any other pl/java developer, *isn't*
going to watching for any changes to the API fairly closely, considering
they know it does happen, and, therefore, won't make a change to their
development code to accommodate that when the time comes ...
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