Re: Limits of backwards compatibility for psql's \d commands

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Limits of backwards compatibility for psql's \d commands
Date: 2008-07-02 06:23:26
Message-ID: 3918.1214979806@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> ... So it's just 7.3 that's worth debating, I think.

> EOL is EOL, why is the question even being asked?

Well, pg_dump still supports servers back to 7.0 (and yes I do test that
now and again). psql probably doesn't need to support interactive query
operations quite so far back, but I think the boundary of what's needed
is pretty squishy. Hence my query about what people really want.

regards, tom lane

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