Re: Package version in PG_VERSION and version()

From: Christoph Berg <christoph(dot)berg(at)credativ(dot)de>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: 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 14:10:58
Message-ID: 20180117141058.GB23525@msg.credativ.de
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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...

Christoph
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