Re: [HACKERS] RE: [INTERFACES] Re: SSL patch

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] RE: [INTERFACES] Re: SSL patch
Date: 1999-07-24 17:21:28
Message-ID: 199907241721.NAA17836@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > Right. My feeling is that we must make it possible for a 6.6 server to
> > accept connections from 6.5 (and earlier) clients, or the upgrade will
> > be too painful at large sites.
>
> But, we've had protocol changes before that breaks backward
> compatibility...why is this all of a sudden a problem? As long as this is
> a "known" issue for an upgrade (something for the 'migrating to...'
> section of the HISTORY file), I personally see no reason why the protocol
> can't mature/change...

No reason to change the protocol when we don't need to.

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