Re: (doc patch) psql version compatibility - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: (doc patch) psql version compatibility
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Msg-id 3158250.1662474083@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to (doc patch) psql version compatibility  (Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>)
Responses Re: (doc patch) psql version compatibility
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Christoph Berg <myon@debian.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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