| From: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
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| To: | Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr> |
| Cc: | Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Quick Extensions Question |
| Date: | 2011-03-03 18:13:36 |
| Message-ID: | 109C2F08-C5DD-4D89-A446-21A6D7E18698@kineticode.com |
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On Mar 3, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> "David E. Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> writes:
>> core_requires = 9.0, plpgsql, libxml
>
> As soon as you get there you need an or operator to be able to say 9.0 |
> 9.1, or maybe some comparison operators to say >= 9.0. Remember that
> about all extensions we have are source-compatible with many different
> releases of PostgreSQL.
We'd just start by saying a number means >=.
> So having the PostgreSQL server itself as an extension so that you can
> require it is 9.2 material at best in my opinion.
That sounds silly. It's clearly not an extension.
David
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