Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> Maybe you would want the system to be able to determine the oldest
>> version to start from to reach the current default_version given in the
>> control file, but I guess it would be better to add another property
>> like default_full_version or such (last_stop?).
>
> Possibly that might be a better design, yes. Especially since we
> don't order version numbers intrinsically.
It's quite simple to implement too, see attached. As for the version
number ordering, that's a giant rat hole I don't want to be digging in,
and I think we can bypass that problem entirely.
Regards,
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Dimitri Fontaine
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