Re: Extension Packaging - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: Extension Packaging
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Msg-id 60D048F2-76D1-4426-B358-A28B862AAA3F@kineticode.com
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In response to Re: Extension Packaging  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Extension Packaging  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Apr 24, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Hmm ... it's sufficient, but I think people are going to be confused as
> to proper usage if you call two different things the "version".  In RPM
> terminology there's a clear difference between "version" and "release";
> maybe some similar wording should be adopted here?  Or use "major
> version" versus "minor version"?

I could "distribution version" =~ s/version/release/; Frankly, the way the terminology is now it's halfway-there
already.

So distribution semver release 1.1.0 might contain extension semver version 1.0.0.

Hrm, Still rather confusing.

Best,

David



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