Re: PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 release announcement draft

On 5/7/25 5:18 AM, Jelte Fennema-Nio wrote:
> On Mon, 5 May 2025 at 21:07, Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>> Attached is a draft of the PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 release announcement.
>
> It might make sense to add a small sentence like "this release
> introduces version 3.2 of the wire protocol, but libpq still uses 3.0
> by default. This is the first new protocol version since Postgres
> 7.4". I think for users it's probably not super interesting
> information, but we really want client/pooler/proxy authors to start
> supporting the protocol negotiation. That will make it possible to at
> some point start using a newer protocol version by default.

Good call out. Added something like this:

==
PostgreSQL 18 also introduces a new version (3.2) of the PostgreSQL wire
protocol, which is the first new protocol version since PostgreSQL 7.4
(2003). libpq still uses version 3.0 by default while clients (e.g.,
drivers, poolers, proxies) add support for the new protocol version.
==

Jonathan