Re: Proposal: Document ABI Compatibility - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: Proposal: Document ABI Compatibility
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Msg-id 317E799A-BF30-4C11-B750-F1F163C882B2@justatheory.com
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In response to Re: Proposal: Document ABI Compatibility  (Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>)
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On Jun 12, 2024, at 11:57, Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie> wrote:

> That having been said, it would be useful if there was a community web
> resource for this -- something akin to coverage.postgresql.org, but
> with differential ABI breakage reports. You can see an example report
> here:
>
> https://postgr.es/m/CAH2-Wzm-W6hSn71sUkz0Rem=qDEU7TnFmc7_jG2DjrLFef_WKQ@mail.gmail.com
>
> Theoretically anybody can do this themselves. In practice they don't.
> So something as simple as providing automated reports about ABI
> changes might well move the needle here.

What would be required to make such a thing? Maybe it’d make a good Summer of Code project.

Best,

David




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