Re: [PATCH] Send numeric version to clients

On 30 August 2016 at 00:37, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:

> Long story short, I kind of agree that it might have been better to
> expose server_version_num rather than server_version in the beginning,
> but I'm not sure that it really helps anybody now, especially given
> our decision to simplify the version number format going forward.

OK, that's that then. We can fix this properly when the fabled v4
protocol moves into the real world, and keep hacking around it in the
mean time. No point restating my disagreement for the 1000th time,
done is done and better things for us all to spend our time on.

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