-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:00:36 -0500 Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Something like that could work well for modules that are moderately > independent of the core database version. I'm afraid that won't be > true for the plpgsql debugger, unfortunately --- it needs to know all > about plpgsql's internal data structures, and thus for example will > need an update every time we invent a new plpgsql statement or > feature.' They don't have to do this. They could simply state that 1.0 is for 8.1, 2.0 is for 8.2, 3.0 is for 8.3. We don't back patch features, why should they? Don't get me wrong the debugger is certainly useful but I see no technical argument (and I am sure you will correct me if I am wrong :)) that deems it needs to be in core. Joshua D. Drake - -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ UNIQUE NOT NULL Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHPHUtATb/zqfZUUQRArwkAJsGjCEXEL2Kfgx1oDbGKL8SpbYqTgCdE080 BVjFWDS8gMeg8CtSOg98jDg= =wM0M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly