To: David Wheeler <david@wheeler.net>
Cc: Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@pobox.com>, dbi-dev@perl.org,
	pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: DBD::PostgreSQL 
In-reply-to: <8F8B367F-FB19-11D6-93B3-0003931A964A@wheeler.net> 
References: <8F8B367F-FB19-11D6-93B3-0003931A964A@wheeler.net>
Comments: In-reply-to David Wheeler <david@wheeler.net>
	message dated "Mon, 18 Nov 2002 09:17:05 -0800"
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 12:39:02 -0500
Message-ID: <405.1037641142@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

David Wheeler <david@wheeler.net> writes:
> PostgreSQL gets better and better. Yay. However, although I might be 
> able to use compile-time macros to determine the PostgreSQL version, I 
> have to support a minimum version of PostsgreSQL in the driver. I was 
> thinking 7.0 -- maybe it's time to leave the 6.x series behind.

It's way past time to forget 6.* ;-).  Based on what we see in the
mailing lists, hardly anyone is on 7.0.* either, and the people on
7.1.* all know they need to upgrade.

For a newly coded DBD driver, I think you could get away with setting a
baseline requirement of a 7.2 server.  Maybe even 7.3, if you wanted to
be a hard case (and you aren't planning to release for a few months).

			regards, tom lane