Re: libpq: Bump protocol version to version 3.2 at least until the first/second beta

From: Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: libpq: Bump protocol version to version 3.2 at least until the first/second beta
Date: 2026-01-30 19:03:04
Message-ID: CAOYmi+=5dSN6waSUDKEbbH82XQ+oqR7U_xYHVW_xXUR5Ta2h9Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 10:06 AM Jacob Champion
<jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> > 2. In my v5 I created a dedicated section header for protocol
> > extensions instead of including it in the extension. I think that's
> > slightly nicer, primarily so you can link to that section from the
> > StartupMessage docs (including the introductory paragraph), instead of
> > having to link to the table.
>
> Agreed, will fix.

Done in v6-0001. v6-0002/3 are the same as v5.

> As long as the consistency provides *clarity*, I'm fine with it; I'm
> just not sure that it does. I'll post a v6 with some screenshots.

screenshot-1.png shows what the combined table looks like under our
website CSS. The indent is still odd, but it looks less jarring when
"themed", IMHO.

v6-0004 is a squash commit that splits the table instead.
screenshot-2.png shows the effect of the split. I really don't like
it, but I won't die on that hill.

--Jacob

Attachment Content-Type Size
since-v5.diff.txt text/plain 1.6 KB
v6-0001-doc-Expand-upon-protocol-versions-and-extensions.patch application/octet-stream 6.7 KB
v6-0002-libpq-Prepare-for-protocol-grease-during-19beta.patch application/octet-stream 5.6 KB
v6-0003-libpq-Grease-the-protocol-by-default.patch application/octet-stream 9.1 KB
v6-0004-squash-doc-Expand-upon-protocol-versions-and-exte.patch application/octet-stream 3.5 KB
screenshot-1.png image/png 84.6 KB
screenshot-2.png image/png 87.2 KB

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