Re: Bumping libpq version number?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Bumping libpq version number?
Date: 2005-03-11 21:49:23
Message-ID: 200503112149.j2BLnNn27185@candle.pha.pa.us
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pgman wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Are we still bumping the libpq major version number for 8.0.2?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > > I
> > > think it is a bad idea because we will require too many client apps
> > > to be recompiled,
> >
> > That is not true, as previously discussed.
>
> It is not true only if the old libpq stays around, which isn't always
> the case.

In fact, based on the few complaints we have heard about the current
situation, I am sure we are going to get many more complaints if we bump
up the major version in 8.0.2.

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