Re: (doc patch) psql version compatibility

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: (doc patch) psql version compatibility
Date: 2022-09-06 14:21:23
Message-ID: 3158250.1662474083@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org> writes:
> I didn't understand the current wording of the NOTES section in
> psql(1) on which major versions psql is compatible with, so here's a
> patch to make that more explicit.

This seems both very repetitive and incorrect in detail.
Some operations will work fine with older servers, some won't.
I don't think that we want to undertake documenting exactly
which commands work how far back, so my inclination is to
add a nonspecific disclaimer along the lines of

Some commands may not work with very old servers (before 9.2).

regards, tom lane

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