> I don't think two releases from API change to API change is enough - > postgresql is running larger and larger databases by now and I expect > people to upgrade less often in the future (and iirc you already said > something along the lines of recommending such things on occasion to > your customers too). > So if you have things in core you really have to provide a stable API > over a number of releases or in practise - years.
Two releases is approximately 3 years. With the exception of 8.3. Joshua D. Drake > And depending on how the API changed it might not even be possible to > stay backwards compatible so: > >> Maybe there isn't a good answer. > > Indeed there might not be one ... > > > Stefan > -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly