Re: deprecating contrib for PGXN

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
Cc: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Darren Duncan <darren(at)darrenduncan(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: deprecating contrib for PGXN
Date: 2011-05-18 18:58:39
Message-ID: BANLkTi=kZ_XXCpB3=-PT4k39vmNUudACew@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 14:49, David E. Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> wrote:
> On May 18, 2011, at 2:47 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>
>> I don't see why it couldn't, at least for a fair number of
>> extensions.. It does require the ability to differentiate between
>> patch releases and feature releases, though, which I believe is
>> currently missing in pgxn (correct me if i'm wrong), but that's a
>> solvable problem, no?
>
> PGXN requires semantic versions. If authors use the correctly, then you can rely on the z in x.y.z to be a patch/bug fix release, and the y and z to indicate new features.

Does it support having both v 1.3.1 and v1.4.0 and v2.0.2 at the same
time? I somehow got the idea that old versions were removed when I
uploaded a new one, but I happy to be wrong :-)

>> Also, if it has several extensions, it should generate several DEB's -
>> assuming they're independent extensions, right? If so, where's the
>> problem?
>
> Maybe they're not independent. But why is that a problem. There are a *lot* of DEBs with multiple Perl modules in them.

Yeah, I don't see the problem if they *are* dependent.

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