Re: [GENERAL] recompliing c-language functions with new releases of postgres

2006-05-24 Thread Tom Lane
"TJ O'Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I understand and appreciate bug fixes, but isn't one of the purposes of > major releases to provide some stability (say of API) within > the major release? Our traditional definition of API stability within a release series has considered only the SQL l

Re: [GENERAL] recompliing c-language functions with new releases of postgres

2006-05-24 Thread TJ O'Donnell
"TJ O'Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Presumably, the only reason I would HAVE TO recompile is when some header file changes. Is there any guarantee that header files DO NOT change, for example from 7.4.5 to 7.4.8 or even 7.4.12? Can I assume that header file changes only occur between

Re: [GENERAL] recompliing c-language functions with new releases of postgres

2006-05-24 Thread Tom Lane
"TJ O'Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Presumably, the only reason I would HAVE TO recompile > is when some header file changes. Is there any guarantee > that header files DO NOT change, for example from > 7.4.5 to 7.4.8 or even 7.4.12? Can I assume that header > file changes only occur bet