Re: Upgrading Extension, version numbers

On Jan 3, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:

> "David E. Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> writes:
>> The fact that the last two messages in the thread say something else
>> does not mean that they represent the consensus.
>
> Yeah, but as I'm the one writing the code, I gave myself more than one
> vote. And did consider the alternatives but didn't like them so much.

Just so long as you're aware that you might get more challenges on this going forward.

> Most are, but it's not for granted. See adminpack. Or earthdistance
> that I had to make not-relocatable for lack of dependency support, as it
> depends on cube and ALTER EXTENSION earthdistance SET SCHEMA foo would
> have relocated cube too. We said dependency can wait until v2.
>
> I don't see the benefit of having the 'relocatable' property optional in
> the control file, but I see a huge drawback. Requiring it will force
> extension authors to at least have a glance at the docs to understand
> how to set it. It's important not to overlook it.

I guess. I'll have to think about how to support it in PGXN, though. And the upgrade keys if they stay in.

David