| From: | "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Thomas Hallgren" <thomas(at)tada(dot)se> |
| Cc: | "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <dallas(dot)morlock(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: API changes in patch release |
| Date: | 2006-05-23 19:25:42 |
| Message-ID: | 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCEA0F9B8@algol.sollentuna.se |
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> > This change will force me to a) introduce patch level sensitive
> > conditionals in the code, and b) have two PostgreSQL 8.1.n
> compatible
> > releases of PL/Java. One where n < 4 and another where n >=
> 4. I would
> > like to avoid this in the future if possible. API's should remain
> > stable during patch releases.
> >
> > Having said that, I've been in the game long enough to know that
> > Utopia doesn't exist. You probably had a very good reason
> to break the
> > compatibility.
>
> I don't think any of us realized the change would affect
> third-party projects.
To help specifically PL/Java next time, is there any chance to get it
included in the buildfarm builds? If it had been there, it would've been
caught right away...
//Magnus
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