X-Original-To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org Received: from spampd.localdomain (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B6D0475AF8 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 18:33:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from news.hub.org (news.hub.org [64.49.215.80]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19A8E4758C9 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 18:33:33 -0500 (EST) Received: by news.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 8) id 01FFA43A89E; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 18:33:32 -0500 (EST) From: ljb X-Newsgroups: comp.databases.postgresql.interfaces Subject: Re: The new FE/BE protocol Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 23:33:32 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <1049238262.1568.9.camel@alice> X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.hub.org User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.3 (Linux) To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-29.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) X-Archive-Number: 200304/7 X-Sequence-Number: 3946 bruce_badger@badgerse.com wrote: > I read that there is a significant new version of the FE/BE protocol on > the way in the next version of PostgreSQL. > > I'm the author of the Smalltalk PostgreSQL driver, and I'd like to make > sure that support for the new protocol is available as soon as possible. > > Where will the new protocol be documented (& will documentation precede > coding?)? > > At what point should I start making dev-builds of PostgreSQL to test out > the new protocol? (A pointer to the docs on how to do that would be nice > too). I second this, as my Tcl driver also depends on the protocol. Can we also be reassured about compatibility (e.g. new backend will still talk to old clients)?