Bruce Momjian writes:> Tom Lane wrote:> > Lee Kindness <lkindness@csl.co.uk> writes:> > > Perhaps the .so name should
havebeen updated for PostgreSQL 7.3?> > > > It should have been. If it wasn't, that was a serious oversight.> > Not
sureif we should change it in 7.3.1 or not, though; it may be> > too late for that. Any thoughts out there?> Seems I
didforget. I always update the minor for a major release, but> when development starts, and I seem to have forgotten
for7.3. Sorry.
Personally I think automatically updating the version numbers is as
bad as not doing it at all - it misses the point.
The version numbers in shared library filenames denote binary
compatibilty, if the /public/ API changes then the version number
really must be incremented.
If the version increments without any associated API changes then it's
just a PITA for developers and products linking to the PostgreSQL
libraries! It forces recompilation when there is not really a need.
Lee.
