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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Limits of backwards compatibility for psql's \d commands
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In response to Re: Limits of backwards compatibility for psql's \d commands  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: Limits of backwards compatibility for psql's \d commands  (Decibel! <decibel@decibel.org>)
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.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.
        regards, tom lane

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