X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Received: from sabre.velocet.net (sabre.velocet.net [216.138.209.205]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 897FC4758E6; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:36:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from stark.dyndns.tv (H162.C233.tor.velocet.net [216.138.233.162]) by sabre.velocet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B426C138154; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:36:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=stark.dyndns.tv ident=foobar) by stark.dyndns.tv with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18syVc-0007ns-00; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 00:10:32 -0500 To: "Marc G. Fournier" Cc: Tom Lane , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign References: <19041.1047322279@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20030311211526.H72192@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20030311211526.H72192@hub.org> From: Greg Stark Organization: The Emacs Conspiracy; member since 1992 Date: 12 Mar 2003 00:10:31 -0500 Message-ID: <87zno1gofs.fsf@stark.dyndns.tv> Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Archive-Number: 200303/509 X-Sequence-Number: 36755 "Marc G. Fournier" writes: > Personally ... as long as a v8.x client can talk to a v7.x backend, you > have my vote ... I'm more apt to upgrade my clients before my servers > anyway ... Surely that's not true for a production environment. You have one database but potentially dozens of various programs around that access it. The main application, some backend scripts for batch jobs, your backup process, your monitoring systems... Not all of these are necessarily on the same machine. It's upgrading the database that's likely to be the driving motivation for new sql or storage features. People usually don't get excited about upgrading the client libraries :) -- greg