Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Tom Lane wrote: > >> Wrong --- if you need a recompile then it's not binary-compatible, so > >> it should be a major version bump. > > > But the previous poster said only API changes were reasons to bump the > > major, right? > > Yes. He meant *binary* API changes, though, ie, anything that would > break extant executables originally linked to the prior version of the > shared library.
Just for clarification --- don't most/all our releases make a binary change that needs are compile? Actually, you are saying a recompile of the client, right? Yes, we do those rarely, and in 7.3, for the NOTIFY structure change. What we do often is want old binaries to use our new libraries. That isn't a major bump requirement, right? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
