> However, the problem I pointed out is that when the new library is > incompatible with the older one, say the major version of libpq.dll > changes from 5 to 6, the application user and/or developer cannot > notice the incompatibility immediately and easily. On Unix/Linux, > the application fails to start because the older library is not > found. On the other hand, the application will start on Windows and > probably cause difficult trouble due to the incompatibility.
I don't think this is a very good situation, but I have no idea if this can be solved. However, I'd prefer a technical solution over a documentation one. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De, Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Org) Meskes at (Debian|Postgresql) dot Org Jabber: michael at xmpp dot meskes dot org VfL Borussia! Força Barça! SF 49ers! Use Debian GNU/Linux, PostgreSQL -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
