Re: libpq API incompatibility between 7.4 and 8.0

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Martin Pitt <mpitt(at)debian(dot)org>
Subject: Re: libpq API incompatibility between 7.4 and 8.0
Date: 2005-02-03 14:42:18
Message-ID: 200502031442.j13EgIC07435@candle.pha.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Uh, if we bump up the major library version in 8.0.X, will that
> > require 8.0.0 user applications to be recompiled?
>
> No, they just keep using the old library.

That assumes the old libraries stay around. Will they?

I am thinking the easiest solution will be to re-add get_progname() to
8.0.X and bump the major for 8.1.

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