[Pkg-postgresql-public] Dropping postgresql 8.3 for squeeze

[Roger Leigh]

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:52:27AM +0100, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> That's why I proposed having a single binary package for any extension,
> embedding support for more than one major version of PostgreSQL. That
> would match how the code is maintained.

But is this true universally?  Take my postgresql-debversion
extension, for example.  In lenny-backports and squeeze, I
supported building against both 8.3 and 8.4 (possibly earlier as
well--untested).  For the new version now in unstable, I use
8.4-specific features which means it /won't build/ with 8.3 or
earlier releases.

You still need to know exactly which versions a given release
of a given extension supports--it's not a given that it will
support all versions.

While I think it might be possible to introduce a versionless
extension package name, IMO this should only be a dependency-only
package which installs the extension for the current server version
(like postgresql-client et al).

I have to confess, I'm still not entirely clear what the problem
is here; when you install a new server version, the old extensions
are still available; one just needs to install the equivalent set
for the new server version prior to migrating data.  Is the lack
of automation here the problem?


Regards,
Roger

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