Re: Allow an extention to be updated without a script

Yugo NAGATA <nagata(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
> Currently, even when we don't need to execute any command to update an
> extension from one version to the next, we need to provide an update
> script that doesn't contain any command. Preparing such meaningless
> files are sometimes annoying.

If you have no update script, why call it a new version? The point
of extension versions is to distinguish different states of the
extension's SQL objects. We do not consider mods in underlying C code
to justify a new version.

> The attached patch introduces a new option "updates_without_script"
> into extension control file. This specifies a list of such updates
> following the pattern 'old_version--target_version'.

This seems completely unnecessary and confusing.

regards, tom lane