Christoph Berg <christoph.berg@credativ.de> writes:
> Re: Peter Eisentraut 2018-01-17 <f18403d3-278c-a4fa-e1f5-6b9a90ca077c@2ndquadrant.com>
>> So what is the next action this thread? I think --with-extra-version is
>> the right solution for packagers, so I'm tempted to close this commit
>> fest item. There is some speculation that using it could break
>> third-party tools, but (a) we would need more concrete evidence, (b) we
>> should fix *that* then, and (c) it's likely unavoidable in general.
> If you think I should use that for the packages in Debian and on
> apt.postgresql.org, I can do that. I just fear it will explode
> in all sorts of ways...
Well, do that and see ;-).
IMO there's not really any evidence that we need an additional mechanism
in this space. I don't see any way to get that evidence unless some
packager tries to use the existing mechanism and hits insurmountable
problems.
regards, tom lane