Re: libpq API incompatibility between 7.4 and 8.0

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Martin Pitt <mpitt(at)debian(dot)org>
Subject: Re: libpq API incompatibility between 7.4 and 8.0
Date: 2005-02-04 11:26:16
Message-ID: 200502041226.17812.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Donnerstag, 3. Februar 2005 15:42 schrieb Bruce Momjian:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Uh, if we bump up the major library version in 8.0.X, will that
> > > require 8.0.0 user applications to be recompiled?
> >
> > No, they just keep using the old library.
>
> That assumes the old libraries stay around. Will they?

Well, if someone did remove them then they didn't understand the point of the
whole thing and should not be allowed to install libraries without
supervision. :)

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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