Re: Is it time to kill support for very old servers?

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Is it time to kill support for very old servers?
Date: 2016-10-13 00:27:36
Message-ID: CA+TgmoaRb5B=WAjc+aqdQFyy=bFgP0BePEDa2mOgAyAfdPu5Xw@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi> wrote:
> On 10/11/2016 08:23 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Not sure where to go from here, but the idea of dropping V2 support
>> is seeming attractive again. Or we could just continue the policy
>> of benign neglect.
>
> Let's drop it.

I agree. The evidence in Tom's latest email suggests that getting
this to a point where it can be tested will be more work than
anybody's likely to want to put in, and the return on investment
doesn't seem likely to be good.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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