Re: Proposal: Document ABI Compatibility

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Proposal: Document ABI Compatibility
Date: 2024-06-17 22:40:59
Message-ID: 317E799A-BF30-4C11-B750-F1F163C882B2@justatheory.com
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On Jun 12, 2024, at 11:57, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie> wrote:

> That having been said, it would be useful if there was a community web
> resource for this -- something akin to coverage.postgresql.org, but
> with differential ABI breakage reports. You can see an example report
> here:
>
> https://postgr.es/m/CAH2-Wzm-W6hSn71sUkz0Rem=qDEU7TnFmc7_jG2DjrLFef_WKQ@mail.gmail.com
>
> Theoretically anybody can do this themselves. In practice they don't.
> So something as simple as providing automated reports about ABI
> changes might well move the needle here.

What would be required to make such a thing? Maybe it’d make a good Summer of Code project.

Best,

David

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