Re: v7.3.1 psql against a v7.2.x database ...

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Tom Lane wrote:

> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Right.  It is just the _cruft_ factor that has prevented us from doing
> > it in the past.
>
> We've never before attempted to make psql cope with back-version
> servers.  It might be a good idea in future --- but it strikes me
> as a new feature (and not a trivial one).  I don't think we should
> try to shoehorn it into 7.3.2.

That was the aspect I feared ... almost an argument in itself for why psql
should be in gborg as a seperate project ;)