Re: API changes in patch release

Thomas Hallgren wrote:
> The world is not perfect and I know that you are normally very
> restrictive in what is back-patched from head into bug-fix branches. The
> 8.1.4 release however, did introduce a problem. You changed the API
> function inv_open() with the comment "Revise large-object access
> routines to avoid running with CurrentMemoryContext".
>
> 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.

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