Re: PQ versions request message

James William Pye wrote:
> I have been writing a PQ client and I have come to think that a
> "supported PQ versions request startup packet" would be useful to
> client authors. That is, sending a StartupPacket(Version(0, 0))(or
> whatever) would return a message containing a list of supported PQ
> versions,

This doesn't make sense to me, because a server does not have any 
version requirements on the client (aside from the protocol versions, 
which are negotiated automatically).

> and maybe the server version as well. 

That is already available automatically.

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Peter Eisentraut
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