Re: Always bump PG_CONTROL_VERSION?

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Jan Wieck <jan(at)wi3ck(dot)info>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Always bump PG_CONTROL_VERSION?
Date: 2021-05-17 22:47:01
Message-ID: 20210517224701.rklpvnzkxloxhdgb@alap3.anarazel.de
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Hi,

On 2021-05-13 17:42:52 -0400, Jan Wieck wrote:
> Also, can someone give me a good reason NOT to bump the version?

There's several types of tools (particularly around backup) that need to
parse control files. Unnecessarily increasing the numbers of versions
that need to be dealt with makes that a bit harder.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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