| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Improved \df(+) in psql + backward-compatibility |
| Date: | 2005-08-29 15:07:20 |
| Message-ID: | 431324A8.1050702@dunslane.net |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> It would be good to set some parameters before starting: how far
>back is reasonable to support? pg_dump goes back to 7.0 but that's now
>mostly for historical reasons, ie, 7.0 was the immediately previous
>release when we started making it do backwards-compatible dumps. I'm
>not sure it's worth the trouble to make psql go that far back. "Back
>to 8.0" would be a nice round figure...
>
>
>
Seems fair for an initial target of 8.2. Going forward a policy of "3
years or 3 releases back" seems about right. If people can't bring
themselves to upgrade in that time they can be left on their own.
cheers
andrew
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