Are we still bumping the libpq major version number for 8.0.2? I think it is a bad idea because we will require too many client apps to be recompiled, and we have had few problem reports.
We do need to bump the major version number for 8.1 and I am doing that now. One new problem I see is that changes to libpgport could affect client apps that call libpq because they pull functions from pgport via libpq. For example, now that snprintf is called pg_snprintf, my initdb failed in the regression tests because the the new initdb binary used pg_snprintf but the installed libpq (ld.so.conf) didn't have it yet. The bottom line is that we only used to require major libpq version bumps when we changed the libpq API. Now, with libpgport, I am concerned that changes in libpgport also will require a major version bump. This adds support to the idea that we will have to do a major libpq bump for every major release. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (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 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
