Christoph Berg <christoph.b...@credativ.de> writes: > Re: Peter Eisentraut 2018-01-17 > <f18403d3-278c-a4fa-e1f5-6b9a90ca0...@2ndquadrant.com> >> So what is the next action this thread? I think --with-extra-version is >> the right solution for packagers, so I'm tempted to close this commit >> fest item. There is some speculation that using it could break >> third-party tools, but (a) we would need more concrete evidence, (b) we >> should fix *that* then, and (c) it's likely unavoidable in general.
> If you think I should use that for the packages in Debian and on > apt.postgresql.org, I can do that. I just fear it will explode > in all sorts of ways... Well, do that and see ;-). IMO there's not really any evidence that we need an additional mechanism in this space. I don't see any way to get that evidence unless some packager tries to use the existing mechanism and hits insurmountable problems. regards, tom lane