On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 18:39 -0500, Decibel! wrote: > On Jul 2, 2008, at 1:23 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > > "Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > > Being able to get your data out of 7.3 is a lot more important than > \d commands... :)
It may seem peculiar but I would consider adding support for \d commands to 8.4 for 7.3 a feature for 7.3 not 8.4. Let's stick with upgrade support on that one, not backward compatibility :) Joshua D. Drake -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers