Re: let's make the list of reportable GUCs configurable (was Re: Add %r substitution for psql prompts to show recovery status)

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>, Ian Barwick <ian(dot)barwick(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: let's make the list of reportable GUCs configurable (was Re: Add %r substitution for psql prompts to show recovery status)
Date: 2018-01-10 17:44:18
Message-ID: 000512d3-00c9-49ef-f6fa-fe0b87b2dfbd@commandprompt.com
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On 01/10/2018 09:36 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> It seems to me that is not our problem. Why do we care if some developer
>> says, "I only work with 9.6"? If I am understanding your complaint.
> I don't care at all if J. Random Developer's homegrown code only works
> with the PG version he's using. The concern I have is that unwanted
> server version dependencies will sneak into widely used code, like
> psql, or libpq, or jdbc. Or another way of putting it: Robert's proposal
> is a protocol version break, just like most stuff at this level. Trying
> to pretend it isn't doesn't make it not one.

That makes sense, thanks for clarifying.

JD

> regards, tom lane
>

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