| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Christoph Berg <christoph(dot)berg(at)credativ(dot)de> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Package version in PG_VERSION and version() |
| Date: | 2018-01-17 14:42:37 |
| Message-ID: | 15537.1516200157@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Christoph Berg <christoph(dot)berg(at)credativ(dot)de> writes:
> Re: Peter Eisentraut 2018-01-17 <f18403d3-278c-a4fa-e1f5-6b9a90ca077c(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
>> So what is the next action this thread? I think --with-extra-version is
>> the right solution for packagers, so I'm tempted to close this commit
>> fest item. There is some speculation that using it could break
>> third-party tools, but (a) we would need more concrete evidence, (b) we
>> should fix *that* then, and (c) it's likely unavoidable in general.
> If you think I should use that for the packages in Debian and on
> apt.postgresql.org, I can do that. I just fear it will explode
> in all sorts of ways...
Well, do that and see ;-).
IMO there's not really any evidence that we need an additional mechanism
in this space. I don't see any way to get that evidence unless some
packager tries to use the existing mechanism and hits insurmountable
problems.
regards, tom lane
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