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Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:32:00 -0800
From: Bryce Nesbitt <bryce1@obviously.com>
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To: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Backward compatibility psql  8.1 to 8.2
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I'm running SUSE 10.3.  I have to install something behind the back of
the package manager to keep two versions of psql around.  Its not the
end of the world, but it's a hassle... and fiddly in it's own right.  A
8.2/8.3 client that could talk to 8.1 would save hassle here.

Richard Huxton wrote:
> Feasible no doubt, but fiddly and useless to most.
>
> You can have multiple installations on the same machine. I think most
> of the developers do as do many of the rest of us. What platform are
> you running? Debian has built-in support for this, but you can do it
> yourself for most installations.