Re: Why does pg_standby require libpq.so.5?

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Why does pg_standby require libpq.so.5?
Date: 2009-06-25 13:32:42
Message-ID: 4A437C7A.5050705@hagander.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
>> The second question is, is it worth doing this so extremely late in the
>> 8.4 development? After mentioning it quickly in an offlist discussion
>> with Heikki, I think our conclusion was that we should wait with this
>> until the tree opens for 8.5.
>
> +1. This is barely even a bug; it's not worth taking any risk for at
> this point. (It is already too late for a patch applied now to be
> tested by the whole buildfarm before we wrap 8.4.0 --- some machines
> are on a once-a-day cycle.)

Yeah, that was our reasoning as well.

Attached is a patch that takes them both away, so I have something to
put on the wiki :-)

--
Magnus Hagander
Self: http://www.hagander.net/
Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/

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