Re: v7.3.1 psql against a v7.2.x database ...

From: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: v7.3.1 psql against a v7.2.x database ...
Date: 2003-01-11 04:50:32
Message-ID: 20030111004835.H13366@hub.org
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On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Tom Lane wrote:

> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Right. It is just the _cruft_ factor that has prevented us from doing
> > it in the past.
>
> We've never before attempted to make psql cope with back-version
> servers. It might be a good idea in future --- but it strikes me
> as a new feature (and not a trivial one). I don't think we should
> try to shoehorn it into 7.3.2.

That was the aspect I feared ... almost an argument in itself for why psql
should be in gborg as a seperate project ;)

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