Re: [HACKERS] backward incompatible pg_basebackup and pg_receivexlog

2013-03-25 Thread Heikki Linnakangas
On 19.03.2013 13:49, Magnus Hagander wrote: On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Heikki Linnakangas hlinnakan...@vmware.com wrote: On 19.03.2013 04:42, Peter Eisentraut wrote: Also, using the old tools against new server versions either behaves funny or silently appears to work, both of which

Re: [HACKERS] backward incompatible pg_basebackup and pg_receivexlog

2013-03-25 Thread Heikki Linnakangas
On 25.03.2013 11:23, Heikki Linnakangas wrote: On 19.03.2013 13:49, Magnus Hagander wrote: On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Heikki Linnakangas hlinnakan...@vmware.com wrote: On 19.03.2013 04:42, Peter Eisentraut wrote: Also, using the old tools against new server versions either behaves

Re: [HACKERS] backward incompatible pg_basebackup and pg_receivexlog

2013-03-19 Thread Heikki Linnakangas
On 19.03.2013 04:42, Peter Eisentraut wrote: pg_basebackup and pg_receivexlog from 9.3 won't work with earlier servers anymore. I wonder if this has been fully thought through. We have put in a lot of effort to make client programs compatible with many server versions as well as keeping the

Re: [HACKERS] backward incompatible pg_basebackup and pg_receivexlog

2013-03-19 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Heikki Linnakangas hlinnakan...@vmware.com wrote: On 19.03.2013 04:42, Peter Eisentraut wrote: pg_basebackup and pg_receivexlog from 9.3 won't work with earlier servers anymore. I wonder if this has been fully thought through. We have put in a lot of effort

[HACKERS] backward incompatible pg_basebackup and pg_receivexlog

2013-03-18 Thread Peter Eisentraut
pg_basebackup and pg_receivexlog from 9.3 won't work with earlier servers anymore. I wonder if this has been fully thought through. We have put in a lot of effort to make client programs compatible with many server versions as well as keeping the client/server protocol compatible across many