Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 23:27:37 +0200
From: Sandro Santilli <strk@kbt.io>
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To: Regina Obe <lr@pcorp.us>
Cc: 'Yurii Rashkovskii' <yrashk@gmail.com>, 'Tom Lane' <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>,
	'Regina Obe' <r@pcorp.us>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support % wildcard in extension upgrade filenames
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On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 04:36:04PM -0400, Regina Obe wrote:
> 
> > Hey, best would be having support for wildcard wouldn't it ?
> 
> I'm a woman of compromise. Sure 1 file would be ideal, but 
> I'd rather live with a big file listing all version upgrades
> than 1000 files with the same information.

Personally I don't see the benefit of 1 big file vs. many 0-length
files to justify the cost (time and complexity) of a PostgreSQL change,
with the corresponding cost of making use of this new functionality
based on PostgreSQL version.

We'd still have the problem of missing upgrade paths unless we release
a new version of PostGIS even if it's ONLY for the sake of updating
that 1 big file (or adding a new file, in the current situation).

--strk;