Re: pgsql: libpq: Grease the protocol by default

From: Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: pgsql: libpq: Grease the protocol by default
Date: 2026-02-24 18:58:30
Message-ID: CAOYmi+=J2BtChfaRSo7YnWe=O2OOwA43vAte+67XDMAaZQ-=Pg@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 10:50 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Simple is good here. I don't think we'd buy much by distinguishing
> minor versions of already-EOL servers. Also, I suspect that
> pg_upgrade can't get the minor version except by starting the server
> and asking it --- we don't record anything but major version on-disk.

We do store (the major version part of) `pg_ctl --version` at some
point, which we could improve upon, but I agree that adding additional
complexity here doesn't actually give us any benefit.

--Jacob

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