Version number for pg_control

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Version number for pg_control
Date: 2016-07-15 15:54:54
Message-ID: 7615.1468598094@sss.pgh.pa.us
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While researching a pgsql-general question, I noticed that commit
73c986adde5d73a5e2555da9b5c8facedb146dcd added several new fields
to pg_control without bothering to touch PG_CONTROL_VERSION. Thus,
PG_CONTROL_VERSION is still "942" even though the file contents
are not at all compatible with 9.4.

It's way too late to do anything about this in 9.5. I wonder though
if we should advance PG_CONTROL_VERSION now, presumably to "960",
so that at least as of 9.6 the format is correctly distinguished
from the 9.4-era format. Or will that just make things even more
confusing, given that 9.5 is what it is?

regards, tom lane

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