Re: pgsql: Added ECPGget_PGconn() function to ecpglib, courtesy of Mike

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 05:34:44PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> But is it OK to add a function to the library without bumping the
> version? AFAICS all you have reverted is the version bump, so we could

With most people refering to ecpg 8.3.1 (for instance) anyway I think
the risk is rather small.

> have two versions of the library with the same version number, one with
> the new function and one without - that seems somewhat undesirable.

It is indeed.

> Also, regardless of the safety or otherwise, isn't it our standard
> practice not to change anything in stable releases except for bug fixes?
> That's part of what makes Postgres so stable, in fact.

I still fail to see how this added function could pose a problem. It
does, however, fix a bug - make that a missing, undocumenterd feature -
that causes the aubit application to break.

Michael
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