Re: [HACKERS] Add minor version to v3 protocol to allow changes without breaking backwards compatibility

2011-12-01 Thread Merlin Moncure
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Mikko Tiihonen wrote: > On 11/30/2011 06:52 PM, Merlin Moncure wrote: >> >> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Mikko Tiihonen >>  wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> As discussed few days ago it would be beneficial if we could change the >>> v3 >>> backend<->client protocol w

Re: [HACKERS] Add minor version to v3 protocol to allow changes without breaking backwards compatibility

2011-12-01 Thread Mikko Tiihonen
On 11/30/2011 06:52 PM, Merlin Moncure wrote: On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Mikko Tiihonen wrote: Hi, As discussed few days ago it would be beneficial if we could change the v3 backend<->client protocol without breaking backwards compatibility. Here is a working patch that exports a suppo

Re: [HACKERS] Add minor version to v3 protocol to allow changes without breaking backwards compatibility

2011-11-30 Thread Merlin Moncure
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Mikko Tiihonen wrote: > Hi, > > As discussed few days ago it would be beneficial if we could change the v3 > backend<->client protocol without breaking backwards compatibility. > > Here is a working patch that exports a supported_binary_minor constant and a > binar

Re: [HACKERS] Add minor version to v3 protocol to allow changes without breaking backwards compatibility

2011-11-30 Thread Robert Haas
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Mikko Tiihonen wrote: > Here is a working patch that exports a supported_binary_minor constant and a > binary_minor session variable and a that can be used by clients to enable > newer features. Can you add this patch here so we don't lose track of it? https://c