Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: [ There is text before PGP section. ] > [ PGP not available, raw data follows ] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > >> If I get time, I will begin making psql backward-compatible to 7.3 and > >> further, but the changes to do so will not be as small as this patch > >> and I would rather they get evaluated separately. > > > > But do we want to do this? Is it worth doing, and maintaining? > > I think so, within reason. Certainly going back to 7.4 is worthy, and > probably 7.3 as well. Going back to 7.2 is probably not: in addition > to major changes due to schemas appearing, it is a pretty old version > at this point. People have certainly expressed interest in the past > as far making psql backwards-compatible, and I think the code can be > kept fairly clean. > > At least we are guaranteed to compile against current libraries - apps > outside the source tree never get that luxury and have worse > compatibility problems. :)
The issue is that no one has been asking for this functionality, and I can imagine it becoming quite a mess after a few releases. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
