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

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Proposal: Document ABI Compatibility
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Msg-id 8b203d4c-11be-4923-9c98-3973e4d65f24@eisentraut.org
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In response to Re: Proposal: Document ABI Compatibility  ("David E. Wheeler" <david@justatheory.com>)
Responses Re: Proposal: Document ABI Compatibility
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On 18.06.24 00:40, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> 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.

The above thread contains a lengthy discussion about what one could do.



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