Added to TODO: o Remove pre-7.3 pg_dump code that assumes pg_depend does not exit
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Lane wrote: > Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Whether there's any need to support the old protocol in the server depends > > on > > whether there are any clients out there which use it which is harder to > > determine and not affected by whether Postgres 7.3 is still around. > > Right. There's really not much to be gained by dropping it on the > server side anyway. libpq might possibly be simplified by a useful > amount, but on the other hand we probably want to keep its current > structure for the inevitable v4 protocol. > > Another area where we might think about dropping some stuff is pg_dump. > If we got rid of the requirement to support dumps from pre-7.3 servers > then it could assume server-side dependencies exist, and lose all the > code for trying to behave sanely without 'em. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at > > http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
