Dimitri Fontaine wrote: > Le 6 juin 09 ? 20:45, Josh Berkus a ?crit : > > So, here's what we need for 8.3 --> 8.4 for contrib modules: > > That does nothing for external modules whose code isn't in PostgreSQL > control. I'm thinking of those examples I cited up-thread --- and some > more. (ip4r, temporal, prefix, hstore-new, oracfe, etc).
Agreed, that's why the new INSTALL text addresses this clearly. You might want to read my blog entry about why the INSTALL file is so important for pg_migrator: http://momjian.us/main/blogs/pgblog.html#June_6_2009 > Could pg_migrator detect usage of "objects" oids (data types in > relation, index opclass, ...) that are unknown to be in the standard - > core + contrib distribution, and quit trying to upgrade the cluster in > this case, telling the user his database is not supported? Well, they will get an error and see the INSTALL file --- I don't see having pg_migrator go around looking for things as a fruitful effort. > > Note that we expect NOT to have this issue for 8.4-->8.5, since > > we'll have a full module infrastructure by then. Really! > > Note: added in-place upgrade to requirements of the first version of > the feature. Yes, this will certainly spur development of a better /contrib install system. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers