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

From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Limits of backwards compatibility for psql's \d commands
Date: 2008-07-02 03:56:51
Message-ID: ae156aa3a165def816142a2555139643@biglumber.com
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> I didn't see a simple fix right away. This seems a bit more work than
> is justified for a server version that the community has officially
> dropped support for, but I wonder if anyone feels hot about it?
>
> Pre-7.3 server versions seem entirely out of the realm of reason because
> they lack schema support, meaning all of those "pg_catalog." prefixes
> break, not to mention the joins to pg_namespace and the "schema" output
> columns. So it's just 7.3 that's worth debating, I think.

As a huge long-time supporter of backwards compatibility in psql, I say
abandon 7.3 support completely, and good riddance.

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