| From: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Subject: | Re: Version number in psql banner |
| Date: | 2005-09-01 16:31:55 |
| Message-ID: | 200509010931.56288.josh@agliodbs.com |
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Peter,
> A release or two ago we added the version number to the psql welcome
> banner. I noticed that quite a few people interpret that as the server
> version. Somehow, the explicit display of the version numbers leads them to
> make inferences that they would otherwise not bother about. Has anyone
> else experienced that? I suppose there was a reason we added the version
> number there, but I can't recall it. Could we make that more clear?
Well, Bruce just drafted a patch to warn when the PSQL version and the server
version don't match up, because of PSQL incompatibilities. However, that
won't help for minor versions.
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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
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