From: | Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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To: | "Tsunakawa, Takayuki" <tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Question and suggestion about application binary compatibility policy |
Date: | 2016-05-30 09:49:59 |
Message-ID: | 1464601799.2179.73.camel@postgresql.org |
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> > Sorry I fail to understand what you mean with "legal"? Are you
> > wondering
> > about license restrictions? There are none.
>
> Sorry, I just meant "correct" or "valid".
Ah ok, thanks for clarifying.
> > As for compatibility, that's what major version numbers are for.
> > This is
> > not a PostgreSQL topic, but a general system one as for instance
> > the same
> > holds for libc.
>
> Yes, but Windows users probably don't understand or know it. So, I
> suggested explicitly describing the application binary compatibility
> policy in the PostgreSQL manual. What do you think about it?
Couldn't you point your customer to the system documentation?
Personally I don't think standard system behavior should be documented
for each application relying on it but ymmv.
Michael
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