Re: libpq API incompatibility between 7.4 and 8.0 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Martin Pitt
Subject Re: libpq API incompatibility between 7.4 and 8.0
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Msg-id 20050203155828.GA22572@box79162.elkhouse.de
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In response to Re: libpq API incompatibility between 7.4 and 8.0  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Hi!

Bruce Momjian [2005-02-03  9:42 -0500]:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Uh, if we bump up the major library version in 8.0.X, will that
> > > require 8.0.0 user applications to be recompiled?
> >
> > No, they just keep using the old library.
>
> That assumes the old libraries stay around.  Will they?
>
> I am thinking the easiest solution will be to re-add get_progname() to
> 8.0.X and bump the major for 8.1.

Seconded. Then we don't need another library version, and it is still
not necessary to drag this get_progname accident forever.

Thanks,

Martin

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