On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> (D) Requires a series of ordered upgrade scripts in sortable version
> numbering, each of which gets applied in order between the two versions.
> This initially seems like the most attractive option -- and is the one
> used by dozens of popular open source web applications -- but has some
> major roadblocks for us. First, it requires module authors to subscribe
> to a uniform sortable versions scheme (which isn't a bad thing, the
> users would certainly appreciate it, and PGXN is liable to enforce this
> anyway).
PGXN does enforce Semantic Versions (http://semver.org/), but extensions wont' be limited to PGXN, of course. Might be
alot of stuff developed for internal use in organizations, and they surely won't use the same version numbers.
Agreed with your summary, well put.
Best,
David