From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | Decibel! <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Limits of backwards compatibility for psql's \d commands |
Date: | 2008-07-03 00:00:11 |
Message-ID: | 1215043211.21423.149.camel@jd-laptop |
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On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 18:39 -0500, Decibel! wrote:
> On Jul 2, 2008, at 1:23 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> >> Tom Lane wrote:
> >>> ... So it's just 7.3 that's worth debating, I think.
> >
> >> EOL is EOL, why is the question even being asked?
> >
> > Well, pg_dump still supports servers back to 7.0 (and yes I do test
> > that
> > now and again). psql probably doesn't need to support interactive
> > query
> > operations quite so far back, but I think the boundary of what's
> > needed
> > is pretty squishy. Hence my query about what people really want.
>
>
> Being able to get your data out of 7.3 is a lot more important than
> \d commands... :)
It may seem peculiar but I would consider adding support for \d commands
to 8.4 for 7.3 a feature for 7.3 not 8.4. Let's stick with upgrade
support on that one, not backward compatibility :)
Joshua D. Drake
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