I wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >> I think that's worth considering. Another idea is: suppose we set up >> a PostgreSQL database somewhere that contained information about what >> controldata layout corresponded to what control version:
> That seems possibly workable. BTW, a possibly-easier-to-implement idea is to git diff pg_control.h against the previous release branch. Any non-comment diffs (or, really, anything at all except a copyright date change) should excite a warning unless a change to the PG_CONTROL_VERSION line is included. We'd probably need a way to shut it up after a simple comment change, but otherwise not a lot of infrastructure needed except a shell script. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers