> From: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Michael Paquier
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Tsunakawa, Takayuki
> <tsunakawa.takay@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> > BTW, does the developer of each feature have to modify the catalog version
> in catversion.h? It's a bit annoying to see the patch application failure
> on catversion.h.
>
> Committers take care of this part.
I understood the committer modifies the catalog version based on the patch content, so the patch submitter doesn't have
tomodify it. I'm relieved.
> > Isn't it enough to modify the catalog version only when
> alpha/beta/RC/final versions are released?
>
> That's useful at least for developers to bump it even during a development
> cycle as you can notice with a hard failure at startup if a data folder
> you have created is compatible with the new binaries or not.
Oh, you're absolutely right.
Regards
Takayuki Tsunakawa