Re: Built-in CTYPE provider - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 01:13:04PM -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 1:00 PM Daniel Verite <daniel@manitou-mail.org> wrote:
>> ISTM that in general the behavior of old psql vs new server does
>> not weight much against choosing optimal catalog changes.
>
> +1.

+1.  There is a good amount of effort put in maintaining downward
compatibility in psql.  Upward compatibility would require more
manipulations of the stable branches to make older versions of psql
compatible with newer server versions.  Brr.
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Michael