Re: [HACKERS] RE: [INTERFACES] Re: SSL patch

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] RE: [INTERFACES] Re: SSL patch
Date: 1999-07-24 20:15:19
Message-ID: 199907242015.QAA01625@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> But, we've had protocol changes before that breaks backward
> >> compatibility...why is this all of a sudden a problem?
>
> > No reason to change the protocol when we don't need to.

What I meant is that there is reason to break compatibility when we
don't need to. Magnus seems like he has addressed this already.

>
> The point is that we *do not have to* break backwards compatibility to
> add this feature, and indeed hardly anything would be gained by breaking
> compatibility. See subsequent messages from myself and Magnus.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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