Thread: fairly useless psql compatibility warning?

psql has supported older servers for a great while now, so this sort of
things seems pretty useless now:

psql (9.2rc1, server 9.1.4)
WARNING: psql version 9.2, server version 9.1.
Some psql features might not work

I think it should be reduced to warning when connected to a newer
server.

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 4:07 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> psql has supported older servers for a great while now, so this sort of
> things seems pretty useless now:
>
> psql (9.2rc1, server 9.1.4)
> WARNING: psql version 9.2, server version 9.1.
> Some psql features might not work
>
> I think it should be reduced to warning when connected to a newer
> server.

Seems like a good idea to me. +1. (Obviously keeping the first line
that shows that the version numbers are different, but not WARNING)

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On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 4:59 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 4:07 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
>> psql has supported older servers for a great while now, so this sort of
>> things seems pretty useless now:
>>
>> psql (9.2rc1, server 9.1.4)
>> WARNING: psql version 9.2, server version 9.1.
>> Some psql features might not work
>>
>> I think it should be reduced to warning when connected to a newer
>> server.
>
> Seems like a good idea to me. +1. (Obviously keeping the first line
> that shows that the version numbers are different, but not WARNING)

+1.

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