Re: Finer Extension dependencies

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Hitoshi Harada <umi(dot)tanuki(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Finer Extension dependencies
Date: 2012-04-02 19:04:06
Message-ID: 2232B3F4-7791-4FE3-A3FA-8A53A9F2F2DC@justatheory.com
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On Apr 2, 2012, at 11:58 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

>> Sounds like a lot of work for core to maintain various version comparison schemes
>
> Well, the primary argument for avoiding version comparison semantics to
> begin with was exactly that we didn't want to mandate a particular
> version-numbering scheme. However, if we're going to decide that we
> have to have version comparisons, I think we should just bite the bullet
> and specify one version numbering scheme. More than one is going to add
> complexity, sow confusion, and not really buy anything.

Precisely my thinking.

Best,

David

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