Re: [PATCHES] Version checking when loading psql

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)zippy(dot)pop4(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Version checking when loading psql
Date: 2001-11-21 16:49:04
Message-ID: 200111211649.fALGn4m16883@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)zippy(dot)pop4(dot)net> writes:
> >> Any other opinions out there?
>
> > I'd rather know than not know. But anything more than a warning on
> > connect would be truly annoying.
>
> It was only a warning, not a refusal to proceed --- I doubt anyone
> would hold still for the latter.
>
> One point that may or may not sway anyone's opinion is that this would
> require an extra query cycle during psql startup, meaning slower psql
> launch.

Ewe, that is a negative.

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