Re: DBD::PostgreSQL compile time /run time version

From: David Wheeler <david(at)wheeler(dot)net>
To: "Thomas A(dot) Lowery" <tl-lists(at)stlowery(dot)net>
Cc: dbi-dev(at)perl(dot)org, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: DBD::PostgreSQL compile time /run time version
Date: 2002-11-21 23:38:43
Message-ID: 5F218674-FDAA-11D6-8943-0003931A964A@wheeler.net
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On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 05:15 AM, Thomas A. Lowery wrote:

> Do I need to maintain two copies of DBD::Postgres (or DBD::Pg ... not
> sure of the new name) one compiled for 7.2 and one for 7.3?
>
> I understand the pain of supporting different functions for different
> versions.

This would be the best reason to change the name of the driver. But I'm
still on the fence wrt all this, and it's likely to be months before I
have something workable and it's time to decide how to handle the issue
of compatibility.

Regards,

David

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