Re: psql \l error

From: SAKAIDA Masaaki <sakaida(at)psn(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: psql \l error
Date: 2000-05-03 12:30:42
Message-ID: 39101BF250.FB20SAKAIDA@smtp.psn.ne.jp
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"Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp> wrote:
>
> In general client libraries/applications have to keep backward
> compatibility as possible,so it isn't enough for clients to be able to
> talk to the latest version of PostgreSQL servers.
>
> Comments ?

I agree with you.

User doesn't know how the specification of the server has been
changed. Therefore, it is natural that user believe that new
psql can talk to older server. Because backward compatibility is
a reasonable rule of the upgrading in generic client software.

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Regard,
SAKAIDA Masaaki -- Osaka, Japan

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