Craig Ringer <cr...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > On 4 August 2016 at 12:45, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> Craig Ringer <cr...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: >>> Well, this seems like a good time to make server_version_num GUC_REPORT >>> as well...
>> To what end? Existing versions of libpq wouldn't know about it, and new >> versions of libpq couldn't rely on it to get reported by older servers, >> so it'd still be the path of least resistance to examine server_version. > Because it's really silly that we don't, Sorry, but I don't buy that. I think sending both server_version and server_version_num would be silly, and we're certainly not going to stop sending server_version. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers