On 2025-Nov-19, Robert Haas wrote: > I do not know how to make the phrase "older minor releases" any more > clear.
It's perfectly clear. I just don't believe this claim. > You and Álvaro seem to be under the impression that nobody will > ever try to compile code written after this change from a point > release that we shipped before this change. While I don't think that > will be a common thing to do, I'm not sure where you get the idea that > older minor releases completely cease to be relevant when we release a > new one. That's just not how it works. I'm sure compiled versions continue to be relevant, but I highly doubt anybody compiles afresh with old minors. > I bet if we look in a few years we'll find modules on PGXN that have > #ifdef logic in them to make sure they can work with both > XLogRecPtrIsInvalid and XLogRecPtrIsValid. Ok, let's wait a few years and see. My bet is you won't find any. -- Álvaro Herrera Breisgau, Deutschland — https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/
