Re: Finer Extension dependencies - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: Finer Extension dependencies
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Msg-id C23C7D68-7904-4A7B-A1B1-253E6750A9F4@justatheory.com
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In response to Re: Finer Extension dependencies  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Finer Extension dependencies  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Apr 2, 2012, at 11:24 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Or an extension could specify itself which version numbering scheme it
> uses.  This just has to be a reference to a type, which in turn could be
> semver, debversion, or even just numeric or text (well, maybe name).
> Then you'd just need to use the comparison operators of that type to
> figure things out.

Sounds like a lot of work for core to maintain various version comparison schemes…

David



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