Re: The missing pg_get_*def functions

From: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)trustly(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: The missing pg_get_*def functions
Date: 2013-05-06 12:34:52
Message-ID: m2sj20p9qr.fsf@2ndQuadrant.fr
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Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> It likely is, but it would really be nice to be able to do catalog
> updates like these in a better fashion than sticking some update command
> into the release notes and hoping that someone reads them and runs the
> command..

Agreed.

Another advantage of using more the extension infrastructure is that
shipping bug fixes in the C or SQL parts of them would allow a hot fix
to be shipped without restart when limited to an extension.

In-core installed-by-default extensions, anyone?

Regards,
--
Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support

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