Re: ALTER EXTENSION UPGRADE, v3

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ALTER EXTENSION UPGRADE, v3
Date: 2011-02-10 21:24:13
Message-ID: 5235F2D1-890F-4D05-9C29-C14E2564A132@kineticode.com
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On Feb 10, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Well, okay, let's go with that plan then. If we don't need to assume
> anything more than equality of version names being meaningful, I think
> chaining update scripts automatically should solve most of the
> complaints here. People who really want to maintain shortcut scripts
> still could, but I think it'd be an unusual case.

Yes, I think that this is a great solution. I only have to create on upgrade script for each release, and I don't have to worry about concatenating anything or be required to change my versioning algorithm.

+1

Finally, a solution!

Best,

David

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