Re: Another swing at JSON

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>
Cc: Joseph Adams <joeyadams3(dot)14159(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Another swing at JSON
Date: 2011-06-16 21:38:07
Message-ID: 26916.1308260287@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de> writes:
> After reading Joseph's comment upthread, I don't see any consensus
> wether the existing pre-9.1 support is required or even desired. Maybe
> i missed it, but do we really expect an extension (or contrib module)
> to be backwards compatible to earlier major releases, when shipped in
> contrib/ ?

No, we don't. You won't find any attempt in any contrib module to build
against prior releases. There's not much point, since they're shipped
with a specific release of the core.

regards, tom lane

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