Bruce Momjian writes: > Tom Lane wrote: > > Lee Kindness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Perhaps the .so name should have been updated for PostgreSQL 7.3? > > > > It should have been. If it wasn't, that was a serious oversight. > > Not sure if we should change it in 7.3.1 or not, though; it may be > > too late for that. Any thoughts out there? > Seems I did forget. I always update the minor for a major release, but > when development starts, and I seem to have forgotten for 7.3. Sorry.
Personally I think automatically updating the version numbers is as bad as not doing it at all - it misses the point. The version numbers in shared library filenames denote binary compatibilty, if the /public/ API changes then the version number really must be incremented. If the version increments without any associated API changes then it's just a PITA for developers and products linking to the PostgreSQL libraries! It forces recompilation when there is not really a need. Lee. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
