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 20:29:02
Message-ID: CAOYmi+mFbpQ50KjV48-M0YarZjHDLEXXtqhzy-BuXseRPU5D9Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 10:58 AM Jacob Champion
<jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> 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.

Okay, here are the patches I propose. The ones for 18-HEAD check for
PG10 and below, and 14-17 additionally check that libpq >= 18, before
adding max_protocol_version=3.0.

I smoke-tested upgrades from 9.2, 10.1, and 11.0 for all six branches,
and then re-ran that test matrix with pg_upgrade linked against a
greased libpq.

--Jacob

Attachment Content-Type Size
v2-0001-pg_upgrade-Use-max_protocol_version-3.0-for-older.patch application/octet-stream 5.0 KB
v2-0001-pg_upgrade-Use-max_protocol_version-3.0-for-older.18.patch application/octet-stream 5.0 KB
v2-0001-pg_upgrade-Use-max_protocol_version-3.0-for-older.17.patch application/octet-stream 4.9 KB
v2-0001-pg_upgrade-Use-max_protocol_version-3.0-for-older.16.patch application/octet-stream 5.1 KB
v2-0001-pg_upgrade-Use-max_protocol_version-3.0-for-older.15.patch application/octet-stream 5.1 KB
v2-0001-pg_upgrade-Use-max_protocol_version-3.0-for-older.14.patch application/octet-stream 5.1 KB

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